From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pile \Pile\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Piled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Piling}.]
1. To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to
collect into a mass; to accumulate; to amass; -- often
with up; as, to pile up wood. "Hills piled on hills."
--Dryden. "Life piled on life." --Tennyson.
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The labor of an age in piled stones. --Milton.
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2. To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or
overfill; to load.
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{To pile arms} {To pile muskets} (Mil.), to place three guns
together so that they may stand upright, supporting each
other; to stack arms.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Piling \Pil"ing\, n. [See {Pile} a heap.]
1. The act of heaping up.
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2. (Iron Manuf.) The process of building up, heating, and
working, fagots, or piles, to form bars, etc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Piling \Pil"ing\, n. [See {Pile} a stake.]
A series of piles; piles considered collectively; as, the
piling of a bridge.
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{Pug piling}, sheet piles connected together at the edges by
dovetailed tongues and grooves.
{Sheet piling}, a series of piles made of planks or half logs
driven edge to edge, -- used to form the walls of
cofferdams, etc.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
piling
n 1: a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into
the ground to provide support for a structure [syn: {pile},
{spile}, {piling}, {stilt}]
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