the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun-plural. The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called hemorrhoids. See hemorrhoids. [The singular pile is sometimes used.]
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A disease originating in the morbid dilatation of the veins of the lower part of the rectum, and upon the verge of the anus; hemorrhoids. Constipation favors their development.
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n. pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter
n. a large number or amount
Word Usage
"And she said they put what she called piles of paper in small boxes."