(intransitive, textiles) Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber. / To form into the shape of a pill. / (transitive) To medicate with pills.

(obsolete) To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark. / To peel; to make by removing the skin. / To be peeled; to peel off in flakes. / (obsolete) To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.

(obsolete) The peel or skin.

(now UK regional) An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay.

A contraceptive in the form of a pill taken shortly after sexual intercourse.

(meteorology) A small unmanned balloon whose ascent is followed by a theodolite to obtain data for the computation of the speed and direction of winds in the upper air.

A bright red colour, like that of a British post box.

Of a bright red colour, like that of a British post box.

A pad behind the saddle of a horse for a second rider. / (motorcycling) A similar second saddle on a motorcycle for a passenger. / The person riding in the pillion. / The cushion of a saddle.

Riding behind the driving rider, as when positioned on the rump of a mount.