pilm

1. dialectaluncountabledust

   What is the derivation of pilm = dust, so frequently heard in Devon, and its derivatives pilmy, dusty : it pilmeth. [...] Pillom is the full word, of which pilm is a contraction. It appears to have been derived from the British word pylor, dust.

   1876, Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature, and Art, Report and transactions, volume 8, page 722

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   I may quote the famous definition once given in court to enlighten the Bench and the Bar as to the nature of pilm : " Mucks a-drowed and zo vleeth," that is, " mud dried, and so it flies about "—not a bad definition of pilm, which everybody here knows means dust.

   1885, Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature, and Art, Report and transactions, volume 17, page 55

present singular third person pilms · participle present pilming · participle past pilmed · past pilmed

1. dialectalimpersonalTo have dust blow about