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Search phrase: pile

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All's Well That Ends WellAW IV.v.94left cheek is a cheek of two pile and a half, but his rightleft cheeke is a cheeke of two pile and a halfe, but his right
CoriolanusCor III.ii.3Or pile ten hills on the Tarpeian rock,Or pile ten hilles on the Tarpeian Rocke,
CoriolanusCor V.i.25He could not stay to pick them in a pileHe could not stay to picke them, in a pile
HamletHam V.i.247Now pile your dust upon the quick and deadNow pile your dust, vpon the quicke, and dead,
The TempestTem III.i.10Some thousands of these logs and pile them up,Some thousands of these Logs, and pile them vp,
The TempestTem III.i.17Burnt up those logs that you are enjoined to pile!Burnt vp those Logs that you are enioynd to pile:
The TempestTem III.i.25.1I'll carry it to the pile.Ile carry it to the pile.
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.100That we may hew his limbs and on a pileThat we may hew his limbes, and on a pile
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.131And with our swords upon a pile of woodAnd with our Swords vpon a pile of wood,
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iii.14three-pile; but now I am out of service.three pile, but now I am out of seruice.

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Glossary

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balk, baulkfall on ridges between furrows; pile up in mounds
baulkrefuse; argue over; pile up
burdenload, pile [here: of hair]
chargeload, heap, pile up
napsurface texture of a fabric, pile
pill[unclear meaning] plunder, rob; pile up, accumulate
quarry[in hunting] heap of dead, pile of bodies
three-pilecostly velvet [with a pile formed from three threads]

Thesaurus

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bodies, pile of [in hunting]quarry
mounds, pile up inbalk, baulk
pilenap
pileburden
pile upcharge
pile uppill
pile upbaulk
pile up in moundsbalk, baulk

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
PILEBASICpile n, pile v
PILEVALUEthree-pile n, three-piled adj

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