† pug pilen.
Engineering. Obsolete. rare.
Each of a series of piles (pile n.1 3a) connected by dovetail joints.
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1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. Pug-piles, piles mortised into each other by a dovetail joint. They are also called Dovetailed Piles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1850- to have a night on it
- to have a on wield
- to have a pash for
- to have a pash on
- to have a pee
- to have a peek
- to have a penny before one
- to have a person at advantage
- to have a person at an advantage
- to have a person at avail
- to have a person at feud
- to have a person beat
- to have a person by the heels
- to have a person cold
- to have a person for breakfast
- to have a person in contempt
- to have a person in etc reverence
- to have a person in great reverence
- to have a person in reverence
- to have a person in schooling
- to have a person in the palm of one's hand
- to have a person on a slow boat to china
- to have a person on also upon the hip
- to have a person or thing skinned
- to have a person or thing skinned to death