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pill
noun
A small portion of a drug or drugs to be taken orally, usually of roughly cylindrical shape, often coated to prolong dissolution or ease swallowing.
1864
, Benjamin Ellis,
The Medical Formulary
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC14843090&id=pHoMvHRmrlIC&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170&dq=%22take+two+pills%22&as_brr=1
:Take two
pills
every hour in the apyrexia of intermittent fever, until eight are taken.
the pill
: A pill which functions as a contraceptive.
1986
, Jurriaan Plesman,
Getting Off the Hook: Treatment of Drug Addiction and Social Disorders Through Body and Mind
http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1862525919&id=cIbpj59s-KAC&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=%22on+the+pill%22&as_brr=1&sig=z-8oEUpPPJD-kIIWP8AUxG4Obic
:Many specialists are requesting that this vitamin be included in all contraceptive pills, as women on
the pill
have a tendency to be depressed.
A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
2000
, Susan Isaacs,
Shining Through
http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0061030155&id=6_1FJWFEYGoC&pg=PA172&lpg=PA172&dq=%22a+real+pill%22&sig=RCUR5O3MhNXeq8rMOnx9-LR5Mfo
:Instead, I saw a woman in her mid-fifties, who was a real ; while all the others had managed a decent "So pleased," or even a plain "Hello," Ginger just inclined her head, as if she was doing a Queen Mary imitation.
A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile by rubbing.
1999
, Wally Lamb,
I Know This Much Is True
http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0060987561&id=LOYeA9GmrEwC&pg=PA201&lpg=PA201&dq=%22sweater+pills%22&sig=U11GOkTpfHlqyGyIdk7ZNZ0GNuI
:One sleeve, threadbare and loaded with what my mother called "sweater
pills
," hung halfway to the floor.
(
context, archaic, baseball, slang
) A baseball term meaning the ball.
2002
, John Klima,
Pitched Battle: 35 of Baseball's Greatest Duels from the Mound
http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0786412038&id=G126RsLD3MsC&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=%22threw+the+pill%22&sig=NmyoxWN_bP5AHc9imVPMTxY7lvw
:Mr. Fisher contributed to the Sox effort when he threw the past second baseman Rath after Felsch hit him a comebacker.
A comical or entertaining person.
(
obsolete
) A small inlet or creek of a tidal river, especially one with a landing stage or wharf.
Translations:
Dutch: pil
(
trans-mid
)
French: pilule
German: Pille
Italian: pillola
Spanish: pÃÂldora
verb
(
intransitive, textiles
) Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
1997
, Jo Sharp,
Knitted Sweater Style: Inspirations in Color
http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1561581895&id=l5h-cGU5HUYC&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=sweater+pilling&sig=6gfLWBL1QHVQZmbSYhJ4oipm8Kc
:During processing, inferior short fibers (which can cause
pilling
and itching) are removed to enhance the natural softness of the yarn and to improve its wash-and-wear performance.
To form into the shape of a pill.
Pilling
is a skill rarely used by modern pharmacists.
To medicate with pills.
She
pills
herself with all sorts of herbal medicines.
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