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pilpate
† pilpate Obs. rare. Also pyl-. Short for pilled pate tonsured head, i.e. priest (with allusion to prelate): see pilled 2.1530 Tindale Pract. Prelates I vij, If it had bene as greatlye vnto the profyte of the pope and his pilpates, I wold saye prelates, as it were to the honoure of god. 1560 Becon N... 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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