Pil"ous (?), a. See Pilose.
Pil"ser (?), n. An insect that flies into a flame.
Pil"u*lar (?), a. Of or pertaining to pills; resembling a pill or
pills; as, a pilular mass.
Pil"u*lous (?), a. [L. pilula a pill. See Pill.] Like a pill; small;
insignificant. [R.] G. Eliot.
Pil"we (?), n. A pillow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Pi"ly (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Like pile or wool.
Pi*mar"ic (?), a. [NL. pinum maritima, an old name for P. Pinaster, a
pine which yields galipot.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an
acid found in galipot, and isomeric with abietic acid.
Pi*mel"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; fat.] (Chem.) (a) Pertaining to, or
designating, a substance obtained from certain fatty substances, and
subsequently shown to be a mixture of suberic and adipic acids. (b)
Designating the acid proper (C5H10(CO2/H)2) which is obtained from
camphoric acid.
Pim"e*lite (?), n. [Gr. &?; fat.] (Min.) An apple-green mineral having
a greasy feel. It is a hydrous silicate of nickel, magnesia, aluminia,
and iron.
Pi"ment (?), n. [F. See Pimento.] Wine flavored with spice or honey.
See Pigment, 3. [Obs.]
Pi*men"ta (?), n. (Bot.) Same as Pimento.
Pi*men"to (?), n. [Sp. pimiento, pimienta; cf. Pg. pimenta, F. piment;
all fr. L. pigmentum a paint, pigment, the juice of plants; hence,
something spicy and aromatic. See Pigment.] (Bot.) Allspice; -- applied
both to the tree and its fruit. See Allspice.
Pim"li*co (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The friar bird.
Pimp (pmp), n. [Cf. F. pimpant smart, sparkish; perh. akin to piper to
pipe, formerly also, to excel. Cf. Pipe.] One who provides
gratification for the lust of others; a procurer; a pander. Swift.
Pimp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pimped (pmt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Pimping.]
To procure women for the gratification of others' lusts; to pander.
Dryden.
Pim"per*nel (?), n. [F. pimprenelle; cf. Sp. pimpinela, It. pimpinella;
perh. from LL. bipinnella, for bipinnula two-winged, equiv. to L.
bipennis; bis twice + penna feather, wing. Cf. Pen a feather.] (Bot.) A
plant of the genus Anagallis, of which one species (A. arvensis) has
small flowers, usually scarlet, but sometimes purple, blue, or white,
which speedily close at the approach of bad weather.
Water pimpernel. (Bot.) See Brookweed.
||Pim"pil*lo (?), n. (Bot.) A West Indian name for the prickly pear
||(Opuntia); -- called also pimploes.
Pim"pi*nel (?), n. [See Pimpernel.] (Bot.) The burnet saxifrage. See
under Saxifrage.
Pimp"ing (?), a. [Cf. G. pimpelig, pimpelnd, sickly, weak.] 1. Little;
petty; pitiful. [Obs.] Crabbe.