PILLERY
Pill"er*y, n.; pl. Pilleries (.
Defn: Plunder; pillage. [Obs.] Daniel.
PILLION Pil"lion, n. Etym: [Ir. pillin, pilliun (akin to Gael. pillean, pillin), fr. Ir. & Gael. pill, peall, a skin or hide, prob. fr. L. pellis. See Pell, n., Fell skin.]
Defn: A panel or cushion saddle; the under pad or cushion of saddle; PILLORIZE Defn: To set in, or punish with, the pillory; to pillory. [R.] PILLORY Pil"lo*ry, n.; pl. Pillories. Etym: [F. pilori; cf. Pr. espitlori, LL. piloricum, pilloricum, pellericum, pellorium, pilorium, spilorium; perhaps from a derivative of L. speculari to look around, observe. Cf. Speculate.] Defn: A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it. Shak. PILLORY 1. To set in, or punish with, the pillory. "Hungering for Puritans to pillory." Macaulay.
esp., a pad or cushion put on behind a man's saddle, on which a woman
may ride.
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Pil"lo*rize, v. t.
Pil"lo*ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pilloried; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pillorying.] Etym: [Cf. F. pilorier.]