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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Piled \Piled\, adjective [From 2d {Pile}.] Having a pile or point; pointed. [Obs.] ''Magus threw a spear well piled.'' --Chapman.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pile \Pile\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Piled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Piling}.]
1. To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate; to amass; -- often with up; as, to pile up wood. ''Hills piled on hills.'' --Dryden. ''Life piled on life.'' --Tennyson.
The labor of an age in piled stones. --Milton.
2. To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.
{To pile arms} {To pile muskets} (Mil.), to place three guns together so that they may stand upright, supporting each other; to stack arms.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Piled \Piled\, adjective [From 1d {Pile}.] Having a pile or nap. ''Three-piled velvet.'' --L. Barry (1611).
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Piled \Piled\, adjective [From 6d {Pile}.] (Iron Manuf.) Formed from a pile or fagot; as, piled iron.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
piled
adjective: thrown together in a pile; "a desk heaped with books"; "heaped-up ears of corn"; "ungraded papers piled high" [syn: {heaped}, {heaped-up}, {cumulous}]
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