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At multum mihi profuit, inquit peregrinus, carpum amento extrahens, e quo pependit acinaces: Loculo manum inseruit; et magnâ cum urbanitate, pilei parte anteriore tactâ manu sinistrâ, ut extendit dextram, militi florinum dedit et processit.

From The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Sterne, Laurence

At multum mihi profuit, inquit peregrinus, carpum amento extrahens, e quo pependit acinaces: Loculo manum inseruit; et magna cum urbanitate, pilei parte anteriore tacta manu sinistra, ut extendit dextram, militi florinum dedit et processit.

From The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Sterne, Laurence

Next to the Warden, on each side, are two figures in sleeveless copes, tippets and pilei, without hoods—doctors in theology or degrees.

From The Customs of Old England by Snell, F. J. (Frederick John)

Fasciculate, 2-3 pilei often appearing to spring from a branched stem. umbonatus, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Figure 375 represents one of the pilei showing the spines.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha