pill

pill
   1. obsolete the penis
   This Scottish/northern English use, from Norwegian dialect, survives in the word pillock, which is commonly used figuratively (and usually in ignorance) as a mild insult.
   2. (the) a contraceptive taken orally by females
   Not just any medicament prepared for swallowing:
    In the pre-pill world of our youth ...(Bradbury, 1976)
   Whence on the pill, taking such contraceptive regularly and by implication able to copulate without impregnation.
   3. obsolete to blackball from membership of a club
   From the slang meaning, a ball:
    After someone he had put up for the Kildare Street Club had been pilled, he never entered the doors of the Club again. (Fingall, 1977the Kildare Street Club in Dublin was habituated by the Protestant gentry, especially prior to 1914)

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  • pill — [ pıl ] noun count * a small piece of solid medicine that you swallow with water: sleeping/contraceptive/vitamin pills take a pill: Did you remember to take your pills this morning? pill for: The doctor prescribed some pills for the pain. a. the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Pill — can refer to: * A ball, or anything small and round, hence also: ** A pill (pharmacy): A pharmacological dosage form, now rendered obsolete by tablets and capsules, hence also: *** The Pill , a general nickname for the combined oral contraceptive …   Wikipedia

  • pill — ► NOUN 1) a small round mass of solid medicine for swallowing whole. 2) (the Pill) a contraceptive pill. ► VERB ▪ (of knitted fabric) form small balls of fluff on its surface. ● a bitter pill Cf. ↑a bitter pill …   English terms dictionary

  • Pill — Pill, n. [F. pilute, L. pilula a pill, little ball, dim. of L. pila a ball. Cf. {Piles}.] 1. A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole. [1913 Webster] 2. Figuratively, something offensive or nauseous… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pill — Blason inconnu …   Wikipédia en Français

  • pill — pill1 [pil] n. [LME pylle, contr. < L pilula, dim. of pila, a ball: see PILES] 1. a small ball, tablet, capsule, etc. of medicine to be swallowed whole 2. anything unpleasant but unavoidable 3. a) something like a pill in shape b) …   English World dictionary

  • Pill — Pill, v. t. [Cf. L. pilare to deprive of hair, and E. pill, n. (above).] 1. To deprive of hair; to make bald. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. To peel; to make by removing the skin. [1913 Webster] [Jacob] pilled white streaks . . . in the rods. Gen. xxx …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pill — Pill, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Pilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pilling}.] [F. piller, L. pilare; cf. It. pigliare to take. Cf. {Peel} to plunder.] To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See {Peel}, to plunder. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] Pillers… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pill — Pill, n. [Cf. {Peel} skin, or {Pillion}.] The peel or skin. [Obs.] Some be covered over with crusts, or hard pills, as the locusts. Holland. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pill — Pill, v. i. To be peeled; to peel off in flakes. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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