Pil'ler. _s._ a pillow.
Pilm. _s._ Dust; or rather fine dust, which readily floats in
air.
Pink. _s._ A chaffinch.
Pip. _s._ A seed; applied to those seeds which have the shape
of apple, cucumber seed, &c.; never to round, or minute seeds.
To Pitch. _v. a. To lay unhewn and unshaped stones together, so
as to make a road or way.
_To Pitch_, in the West of England, is not synonymous with
_to pave_. _To pave_, means to lay flat, square, and
hewn stones or bricks down, for a floor or other pavement or
footway. A _paved_ way is always smooth and even; a
_pitched_ way always rough and irregular. Hence the
distinguishing terms of _Pitching_ and _Paving_.
Pit'is. _adj._ Piteous; exciting compassion.
Pit'hole. _s._ The grave.
To Pix, To Pixy. _v. a._ To pick up apples after the main
crop is taken in; to glean, applied to an orchard only.
Pix'y. _s._ A sort of fairy; an imaginary being.
Pix'y-led. _part._ Led astray by pixies.
PlAcd. _v._ Played.
Pla'zen. _s. pl.
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