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Pillow

Pillow (pillow)
n.(?)
Pil"low
[OE. pilwe, AS. pyle, fr. L. pilvinus.]
  1. Anything used to support the head of a person when reposing] especially, a sack or case filled with feathers, down, hair, or other soft material.

    [Resty sloth] finds the down pillow hard. Shak.

  2. A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.
    [R.]
  3. A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
  4. A kind of plain, coarse fustian.

    Lace pillow, a cushion used in making hand- wrought lace. -- Pillow bier [OE. pilwebere; cf. LG. büre a pillowcase], a pillowcase; pillow slip. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Pillow block (Mach.), a block, or standard, for supporting a journal, as of a shaft. It is usually bolted to the frame or foundation of a machine, and is often furnished with journal boxes, and a movable cover, or cap, for tightening the bearings by means of bolts; -- called also pillar block, or plumber block. -- Pillow lace, handmade lace wrought with bobbins upon a lace pillow. -- Pillow of a plow, a crosspiece of wood which serves to raise or lower the beam. -- Pillow sham, an ornamental covering laid over a pillow when not in use. -- Pillow slip, a pillowcase.


Pillow

Pillow (pillow)
v. t.(?)
Pil"low
[imp. *** p. p. Pillowed (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Pillowing.]
  1. To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow] to support; as, to pillow the head.

    Pillows his chin upon an orient wave. Milton.














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