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▪ I. pily, a.1 Her.|ˈpaɪlɪ|
[f. pile n.1 4 + -y: cf. paly, etc.]
Divided into a number of piles, the number and direction being usually indicated.
1638J. Guillim Heraldry v. iv. (ed. 3) 376 He beareth Barry pily of eight peeces, Gules and Or. c1828Berry Encycl. Herald. I. Gloss., Pily of eight, traverse in point to the sinister fesse. Ibid., Pily bendy merely differs from pily barry by throwing the piles bendways..instead of barways.
▪ II. pily, a.2|ˈpaɪlɪ|
[f. pile n.5 2 + -y.]
Having a pile or nap (as velvet); of the nature of a pile; esp., in reference to the coat of certain dogs, containing a mixture of short, soft hairs and longer, harder ones.
1533Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. (1905) VI. 80 To be the King ane ryding galcoit, vj quarteris pylie franche gray. 1878Scribner's Mag. XVI. 101/1 The coat should be what is called ‘pily’,—a mixture of hard and soft hair. 1889‘G. Stables’ Dog Owners' Kennel Comp. v. §4. 54 The coat [of the Dandie Dinmont] is pily, or mixture of about two-thirds hardish hair and one-third linty—i.e. soft, but not silky. 1894M. H. Hayes Men & Horses xiii. (ed. 2) 190 That few, if any,..knew much about the virtues of thick ‘pily’ coir matting and strait-jackets for horses. 1922R. Leighton Compl. Bk. Dog p. xiv, Pily.—A peculiar quality of coat consisting of two kinds of hair, the one soft and woolly, the other long and wiry. 1942[see feather n. 11 b]. 1963S. M. Lampson Country Life Bk. Dogs 123/2 The coat [of the Dandie Dinmont terrier]..is a mixture of hardish and soft hair, which gives it a pily feeling. |