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Pillaring
pil·lar P0303700 (pĭl′ər)n.1. a. A slender, freestanding, vertical support; a column.b. Such a structure or one similar to it used for decoration.2. One who occupies a central or responsible position: a pillar of the state.tr.v. pil·lared, pil·lar·ing, pil·lars To support or decorate with pillars or a pillar.Idiom: from pillar to post From one place to another; hither and thither. [Middle English, from Old French pilier, from Medieval Latin pīlāre, from Latin pīla.]Pillaring pillars collectively. IdiomsSeepillarpillaring
pillaring[′pil·ə·riŋ] (mining engineering) The process of extracting pillars. Also called pillar robbing; pulling pillars; robbing pillars. (ordnance) The rapid vertical movement of smoke which sometimes results, for instance, from the explosion of a white phosphorus bomb or projectile; the effect is undesirable because it does not produce obscuration over a desirably large area. |