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pilcorn
ˈpilcorn [For pildcorn, f. pilled ppl. a. 1 b + corn.] A variety of the cultivated Oat, considered by Linnæus a species (Avena nuda), in which the glumes or husks do not adhere to the grain, but leave it bare. Also called pilled oats, † pillotes.1578 Lyte Dodoens iv. xiii. 467 There is an other kind... Oxford English Dictionary
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pillotes
† pillotes Obs. = pill oats, pilled oats: see pilled ppl. a. 1 b: cf. pilcorn.1551 Turner Herbal i. E vj, Ther is an other kinde of otes, called pillotes, which growe in Sussex: it hath no husk abydyng vpon it, after that it is threshed, & is lyke otemele. Oxford English Dictionary
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pilgarlic
pilgarlic (pɪlˈgɑːlɪk) Also 6 pyllyd, 7 pild-, peeled garlic(k; 7–9 peel-garlic. [f. pilled, peeled ppl. a.1 + garlic n.; cf. pilcorn, pilledow, pilpate.] An appellation given first to a ‘pilled’ or bald head, ludicrously likened to a peeled head of garlic (see garlic-head, garlic n. 3), and then to... Oxford English Dictionary
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pilcrow
pilcrow arch. (ˈpɪlkrəʊ) Forms: 5 pylcraft(e, pilecrafte, 6 pilcrowe, (7 pilkrow, pill-crow, peelcrow, pilgrow), 6– pilcrow. [App. for pilled crow: cf. pilcorn, pilgarlic, etc. The application of the word, with the form pylcraft, has suggested that it originated in a perversion of paragraph, through... Oxford English Dictionary
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pilled
pilled, ppl. a. arch. and dial. (pɪld) Forms: α. 4–5 piled, pyled. β. 4–7 pild, 5 pyllyd, pillid, 5– pilled, (6 pyld(e, pylled, pield, 6–7 pilde, pilld). [f. pill v.1 + -ed1.] 1. Stripped of skin, bark, rind, etc.; decorticated, excoriated: = peeled 4. Obs. or dial. pilled barley, decorticated, hull... Oxford English Dictionary
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pillas
pillas Cornish dial. (ˈpɪləs) Also pilez, pillez, pillis, -us, peallas. The Naked Oat or pilcorn. (In quot. 1837 applied to the Naked or Pilled Barley.)1815 G. B. Worgan View Agric. Cornwall 66 The Avena Nuda, provincially called Pilez, or Pillas... One gallon of Pilez. 1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 31/2 A... Oxford English Dictionary
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