pillager (ag as Ig)

[Eng. pillag ( e ); -er.] One who pillages; a plunderer. pil'-lar, *pil-er, *pil-lour, *pyl-lar, s . [O. Fr. piler (Fr. pilier ), from Low Lat. pilare =a pillar, from Lat. pila a pier of stone; Sp. & Port. pilar ; Dut. pijlaar ; Ital. piliere ; Dan. piller , pille ; Sw. pelare: Ger. piler .] IMG:content-1077.png:[blocks in formation] monument or memorial. 3. Zool .: The same as COLUMELLA (q. v.). *4. Eccles .: A portable ornamental column carried before a cardinal as emblematic of his support to the church. 5. Fire -arms: The nipple. 6. Manége: The center of the volta, ring, or manége ground around which a horse turns. There are also pillars on the circumference or side, placed two and two at certain distances. 7. Horology : One of the posts in a watch or clock which separate and yet bind together the plates. pillion the entrance to the Mediterranean. The legend was that Hercules tore them asunder to open a pa age to Gades. "Alexander had excited the admiration and terror of all nations from the Ganges to the Pillars of Hercules." Macaulay : Prophecy of Capys . (Introd.)