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Pill (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Pilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pilling.] [F. piller, L. pilare; cf. It. pigliare to take. Cf. Peel to plunder.] To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See Peel, to plunder. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Pillers and robbers were come in to the field to pill and to rob. Sir T. Malroy.
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Pilled (?), a. [See 3rd Pill.] Stripped of hair; scant of hair; bald. [Obs.] “Pilled beard.” Chaucer.
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