An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

A. S. pylece, toga pellicea.

Douglas.
2. A tough skinny piece of meat, S.
3. Any thing short and gross, S.

Pilch, adj. Thick, gross, S.

PILE, PYLE, s.
1. In pl. the soft hair, which first appears on the faces of young men.
Douglas.
2. A tender blade, S.
Douglas.
3. A single grain, S.
Gl. Shirr.

Teut. pyl, Fr. poil, Lat. pil-us, a hair.

PYLE, s. A small javelin; or an arrow for a cross-bow.
Stat. Will.

Su. G. pil, Lat. pil-um, a javelin.

PYLEFAT, s. L. [gylefat], q. v.
Lyndsay.

PILGET, PILGIE, s. A broil, S. B.
Poems Buch. Dial.

Belg. belgh-en, to combat.