Pily vs Pilm - What's the difference?
pily | pilm |
Like pile or wool.
* 1903 , Charles Henry Lane, Rabbits, Cats and Cavies
(dialect) dust
* {{quote-journal
, year=1876
, author=Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature, and Art
, journal=Report and transactions
, volume=8
, page=722
, passage=What is the derivation of pilm''''' = dust, so frequently heard in Devon, and its derivatives ''pilmy'', dusty : it ''pilmeth''. [...] ''Pillom'' is the full word, of which '''''pilm'' is a contraction. It appears to have been derived from the British word ''pylor, dust.}}
* {{quote-journal
, year=1885
, author=Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature, and Art
, journal=Report and transactions
, volume=17
, page=55
, passage=I may quote the famous definition once given in court to enlighten the Bench and the Bar as to the nature of pilm''''' : " Mucks a-drowed and zo vleeth," that is, " mud dried, and so ''it'' flies about "—not a bad definition of '''''pilm , which everybody here knows means dust.}}
As an adjective pily
is like pile or wool.As a noun pilm is
dust.As a verb pilm is
(meaning uncertain) To have dust blow about.pily
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- the thick, fine, short undercoat, or pily fur