n. [ L. bilis: cf. F. bile. ]
☞ The ancients considered the bile to be the “humor” which caused irascibility. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. byle, bule, bele, AS. b&unr_;le, b&unr_;l; skin to D. buil, G. beule, and Goth. ufbauljan to puff up. Cf. Boil a tumor, Bulge. ] A boil. [ Obs. or Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Arch.) That portion of a group of moldings which projects beyond the general surface of a panel; a bolection. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Bile + stone. ] A gallstone, or biliary calculus. See Biliary. E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]