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Webster 1913 Edition
Pillow
Pil′low
,Noun.
[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. Shakespeare
2.
(Mach.)
A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.
[R.]
3.
(Naut.)
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.
Pil′low
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pillowed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pillowing
.] To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support;
as, to
. pillow
the headPillows
his chin upon an orient wave. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pillow
PIL'LOW
,Noun.
1.
A long cushion to support the head of a person when reposing on a bed; a sack or case filled with feathers, down or other soft material.2.
In a ship, the block on which the inner end of a bowsprit is supported.The pillow of a plow, is a cross piece of wood which serves to raise or lower the beam.
PIL'LOW
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
pillow
pillow
English
pillows (soft cushions)
Noun
pillow (plural pillows)
- A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
- (geology) A pillow lava.
- (engineering) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.
- (nautical) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
- A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
Derived terms
Terms derived from pillow
Translations
soft cushion used to support the head in bed
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Verb
pillow (third-person singular simple present pillows, present participle pillowing, simple past and past participle pillowed)
- (transitive) To rest as on a pillow.
- 1942: She had pillowed her head on her arm — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 815-6)