Pilling

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pill \Pill\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Pilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Pilling}.] [F. piller, L. pilare; cf. It. pigliare to take.
     Cf. {Peel} to plunder.]
     To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See {Peel}, to
     plunder. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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           Pillers and robbers were come in to the field to pill
           and to rob.                              --Sir T.
                                                    Malroy.
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