Pile Fabrics
a name given to a class of textiles woven with a face covering consisting of threads set closely together and standing up in the form of loops or thread ends. Pile fabrics may be divided into two classes, those in which the pile is formed by an extra series of warp threads, and those in which it is produced by an extra series of weft threads. To the first class belong velvet, plush, astrakhan cloth, Brussels and tapestry carpets, and terry cloth . To the second class belong velveteen, corduroy, and fustian. See Plush ; Velvet ; Velveteen ; Carpet ; Astrakhan
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Pilgrim Fathers
the name given to 102 Puritans, who sailed in the "Mayflower," from Plymouth, on Sept. 6, 1620, to seek in America the religious liberty denied them in England. Landing on Plymouth Rock, they, on Dec. 25, 1620, founded a colony, which became the germ of the New England States.
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Pilgrim's Progress
. See Bunyan
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Pilgrimage
a journey undertaken a pilgrim by ; specifically, a journey to some distant place, sacred and venerable for some reason, undertaken for devotional purposes. Pilgrimages are an essential part of the Hindu and Mohammedan systems, and the visits to Jerusalem three times a year of the Jewish race were of the nature of pilgrimages. The Empress Helena led the way in Christian pilgrimages by visiting Jerusalem in A. D. 326.
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Piling
Puddled balls, after being shingled, are called blooms, which after passing through the puddle-bar rolls are called puddle-bar. For the best iron these bars are cut into short lengths and made into piles, to be reheated and again passed through the forge-rolls, after which the iron is again cut, piled, and heated, and then passed through the mill-train, the finishing-rolls being the last rolls in the train. For beams, rails, etc., the piling is arranged to suit the form required, the pile consisting of different grades of iron, according to the desired quality of the finished product. See MALLEABLE IRON.
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Pillar
Posts of brass used to keep the plates of a watch in position.
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Pillar of Hercules
THE, Calpe (now Gibraltar rock), and Abyla, opposite to it in Africa, which Greek story says were torn asunder and separated by Hercules about 1220 b. c. The Mediterranean was previously, like the Caspian, without connection with the ocean, hence the name Mediterraneum Mare (Inland Sea).
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Pillar Plate
The plate of a watch to which the pillars are attached.
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Pillars of Hercules
the two opposite peaks at the eastern extremity of the Strait of Gibraltar, the one in Spain, the other in Africa. According to tradition the two were at one time bound together, but were torn asunder by Hercules that he might reach Gades, now Cadiz, a Phoenician colony. It is probable that the legend originated with the Phoenicians who regarded these promontories as the western boundary of their god Melhart in his aspect as a sun god. The peaks were called the Pillars of Melhart; and, when the Greeks came to identify their Hercules with Melhart, the rocks were called the Pillars of Hercules. The ancient geographical names were Calpe and Abyla. The modern names are Rock of Gibraltar and Mount Hacho.
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Pillsbury
JOHN ELLIOTT American naval officer. He was born at , an Lowell, Mass., in 1846, and graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1867. He served a year in the Hydrographic office and ten years in coast survey service. In 1884-91 he commanded the coast survey steamer "Blake" investigating the Gulf Stream currents and established stream current traits of Florida and off Cape Hatteras. Commanded dynamite cruiser off Santiago ish-American war, later in Boston Navy in Span Yard. Chief of Staff, North Atlantic Fleet in 1905. Released from active duty in 1909. Acted as naval adviser in 1918-1919. Died in 1919. small pelagic fish, about a foot long, of
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Pilot Fish
Naucrates ductor, a bluish color, marked with from five to seven broad, dark, vertical bars. It owes its scientific and popular name to its habit of keeping company English with ships and large fish, generally sharks. It obtains a great part of its food from the parasitic crustaceans with which sharks and other large fish are infested. Pilot fish often accompany ships into harbor. Missouri, about 86 miles S. W. of St.
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Pilot Knob
a remarkable hill in Louis. It is nearly 500 feet high, and is composed almost entirely of magnetic iron ore. fertile and beautiful valley, 52 miles S.
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Pilsen
a town of Bohemia; in a W. of Prague. There are numerous active industries, producing building materials, machinery, metal work, porcelain, spirits, liquors, leather, etc. In the neighborhood are mines of iron, alum, vitriol, coal, and sulphuric acid. the acid. town is most widely known from But giving its name to a popular beer. The town was stormed by Zizka in the Hussite war and by Count Mansfeld in the Thirty Years' War (1618); it was Wallenstein's headquarters in 1633- 1634. Pop . about 87,500.
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Piman
a linguistic stock of North American Indians who occupy a vast area extending over Southern Arizona and Northwestern Mexico. They num ber about 90,000.
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Pimelodus
a genus of Siluridæ having the adipose fin well developed; dorsal and anal short; the former with pungent spine and six rays; barbels six; palate edentulous; ventrals six-rayed, inserted behind the dorsal. Forty species are known from South America, the majority of small size and plain coloration. Two species are from West Africa
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Pimento
a small tree of the West Indies . The family to which the pimento belongs comprises some 500 tropical and subtropical species of trees and shrubs, including the East Indian clove. The pimento is cultivated in Jamaica. It is a beautiful and highly aromatic tree. It grows about 20 to 30 feet high and has dark green, shiny, oblong leaves about four inches in length. Panicles of white, fragrant flowers are succeeded by small dark purple berries. The dried fruit constitutes the well known pimento or allspice of commerce. The berries, which are of about the size of peas, are dried in the sun. Each contains two round seeds. Fruit, bark, and leaves yield the oil of pimento. This oil, like that of cloves, is a remedy for toothache.
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