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Pile
·noun A funeral pile; a pyre. II. Pile ·noun A covering of hair or fur. III. Pile ·noun ·same·as <...

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pile
(Dutch, pyl.) An arrow. This word is still retained by the boys of New York. ...

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pile
A pyramid of shot or shell. ♦ To pile arms, is to plant three fire-locks together, and unite the r...

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Driver
·noun The driving wheel of a locomotive. II. Driver ·noun A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to ...

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driver
1) An overseer of slaves. 2) He or that which drives; a coachman, a carman.--Worcester. The English...

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driver
A large sail formerly used with the wind aft or quartering. It was a square sail cut like a studding...

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Pile-worn
·adj Having the pile worn off; threadbare. ...

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Three-pile
·noun An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile. ...

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Screw-driver
·noun A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which enters...

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Stake-driver
·noun The common American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus); — so called because one of its notes res...

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devil driver
A parson. See snub devil. ...

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quill driver
A clerk, scribe, or hackney writer. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
river driver
A term used by lumbermen in Maine, for a man whose business it is to conduct logs down rilnuing stre...

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stage driver
A stage-coachman. ...

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driver-boom
The boom to which the driver is hauled out. ...

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quill-driver
Captain's clerk, purser's secretary, et hoc genus omne. ...

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refusal of a pile
Its stoppage or obstruction, when it cannot be driven further in. ...

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