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   Pile, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Piled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Piling.]
   To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate; to amass; -- often with up; as, to pile up wood. “Hills piled on hills.” Dryden. “Life piled on life.” Tennyson.
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   The labor of an age in piled stones.
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   To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.
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   To pile arms To pile muskets (Mil.), to place three guns together so that they may stand upright, supporting each other; to stack arms.
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   Piling , n. [See Pile a heap.]
   The act of heaping up.
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   (Iron Manuf.) The process of building up, heating, and working, fagots, or piles, to form bars, etc.
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   Piling, n. [See Pile a stake.] A series of piles; piles considered collectively; as, the piling of a bridge.
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   Pug piling, sheet piles connected together at the edges by dovetailed tongues and grooves. -- Sheet piling, a series of piles made of planks or half logs driven edge to edge, -- used to form the walls of cofferdams, etc.
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