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pill

(n): something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size

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(n): an artifact

(n): a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

(n): a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time

(n): a unpleasant or tiresome person

(n): a person who is not pleasant or agreeable

(n): something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured

(n): an onerous or difficult concern

(n): a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception

(n): an agent or device intended to prevent conception

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7 minutes ago qroqqa said:

also v.t. (dial. and obs.) peel.

then take 3 hazel stickes or wands of a year groth, pill them fair and white
—Bodleian MS Ashmole 1406, quoted in Diane Purkiss, 2000, Troublesome Things

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