- Heap of rocks - Heaps - Mounds - 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 larva of a small, hymenopterous fly (Eurytoma
hordei), which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat,
usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of America it
does great damage to the crop.