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noun

Pillow n.

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."

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, a pillowcase; pillow slip. (Obs.)

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.

verb

Pillow v. t. (past & past part. pillowed; pres. part. pillowing) To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support; as, to pillow the head. "Pillows his chin upon an orient wave."

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Etymology of 'Pillow'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Pillow" Quotes from Famous Books

... into my: canoe when leaving Rat Portage, and I had spent the first day in-sorting them as we swept along, and now they were getting wet in spite of every effort to the contrary. I made one bag into a pillow, but the rain came through the big pine-tree, splashing down through the branches, putting out my fire and drenching mail-bags ...

— The Great Lone Land - A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America • W. F. Butler

... up, an' he said he an' Polly would bring their own lunch an' their own pillow an' blanket an' hammock an' look on, 'cause Polly wanted to see the fun an' they were n't intendin' to have any fireworks anyhow. He said he was curious about the ox himself; he said he wondered where they'd get the ox, an' the pit, too, for ...

— Susan Clegg and a Man in the House • Anne Warner

... on her pillow she softly lay, She knew nothing more till again it was day; And all things said to the beautiful sun, "Good-morning! good-morning! ...

— Baby Chatterbox • Anonymous

... a curious condition of mind that this requires: it is like sleeping with your pistol under your pillow, and it on full cock; a moment lost and all may be lost. There is the very nick of time. This is what we mean by presence of mind; by a man having such a subject at his finger ends; that part of the mind lying nearest the outer world, and having to act on it through the bodily organs, through ...

— Spare Hours • John Brown

... tent in the wilds of Pekin. Domestic interior by lamp-light. Missionary (me) reading evening paper; missionary's wife (the missus) making tea, and between times singing to keep the small pet goat quiet (small goat, a pillow, horsecloth, and pocket-handkerchief). Breaks down singing, sobs, and says she feels a strange all-over presentiment. Missionary admits being a bit fluffed himself, and lets out about a notice signed in blood that he's ...

— The Mirror of Kong Ho • Ernest Bramah

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