·noun The Willet.
·noun A large North American snipe (Symphemia semipalmata); — called also pill-willet, will-willet,...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun The peel or skin. II. Pill ·vt To deprive of hair; to make bald. III. Pill ·vi To be peeled;...
Said originally to mean one whose skin or hair had fallen off from some disease, chiefly the venerea...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
(See pil.) A term on the western coast for a draining rivulet, as well as the creek into which it fa...
The Sailor's Word-Book