piling

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:00:38

Pil"ing (?), n. [See Pile a heap.]

1.

The act of heaping up.

2. Iron Manuf.

The process of building up, heating, and working, fagots, or piles, to form bars, etc.

 

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Pil"ing, n. [See Pile a stake.]

A series of piles; piles considered collectively; as, the piling of a bridge.

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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