פִּילָא III, (cmp. preced.) split, crack, furrow.—Pl. פִּילֵי. Pes. 76ᵃ bot. אית ביה פ׳ if there are splits (in the crusty surface of the roast); Ḥull. 112ᵃ. Sabb. 33ᵇ הוו ביה פ׳ בגופיה had cuts in his skin (from living in a cave). M. Kat. 3ᵃ; Succ. 44ᵇ סתומי פ׳ to close up fissures in the soil which covers the roots. B. Bath. 54ᵃ top. Taan. 4ᵃ, v. עוּרְפִּילָא; a. e.