Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In archaeology and art, a mortar, especially one notable archæologically on account of its antiquity or design.
- noun Plural of
pilum . - noun The holy-water font in an Italian church, usually a stone vase of considerable richness.
- noun A stone horse-trough.
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Examples
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While the pila is filling, sprinkle water on the hard-packed dirt floor in the house, simultaneously shooing the chickens outside, and then sweep.
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While the pila is filling, sprinkle water on the hard-packed dirt floor in the house, simultaneously shooing the chickens outside, and then sweep.
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I can tell you one thing, washing clothes on a pila is VERY hard on the clothes.
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Our “washing machine” is called a pila and it holds gallons and gallons of water that are used for more than just washing clothing.
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The faucet empties out into a pila, which is a wash basin consisting of a large tub of water with two slabs of concrete on either side for washing dishes and doing laundry.
4 Days in The Campo 2008
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Among the ancients, games with the "pila" were those played with the "pila trigonalis," so called, probably, from the players standing in a triangle, and those with the "follis," which was a larger ball, inflated with air and struck with the hands, or used for a football.
The Captiva and the Mostellaria Titus Maccius Plautus 1847
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By La “inusual” pila de baño de Ekateryna Sokolova on March 1, 2010 at 10: 56 am
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The Dengue patrols (from the Health Dept) have stepped it up a notch and instead of believing people who say they don't have a pila in the back yard, (or any standing water) are checking for themselves.
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At the front gate, a second fellow who had ID, was asking the questions about the pila or any standing water.
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Bella y muy personal, la pila de baño diseñada por Ekateryna Sokolova [...]
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