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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

... over him with a very white face, and a tall man dressed in black stood beside her, holding some kind of shining instrument in his fingers. A little behind them he saw Nixie, shading a lamp with her hand. Then the white face came close over the pillow, and a voice full of tenderness whispered, "My darling boy, don't you know me? It's mother! No one will hurt you. Speak to me, ...

— Jimbo - A Fantasy • Algernon Blackwood

... he was tilted backward or forward, and when the pillow rolled him over and over, he cried, ...

— Raggedy Andy Stories • Johnny Gruelle

... in her Bible is she, Her language is artless and free, Imparting pure joy, That never can cloy, And smoothing the pillow of death. ...

— Cottage Poems • Patrick Bronte

... wondering what his haughty mother-in-law could have to say to such a man when to his amazement Bisbee planted his elbow in the pillow of flesh just below Madame ...

— The Avalanche • Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

... all was dark and dreamy: how long he remained in this condition it was for another to tell. When he awoke, he found himself stretched upon the sofa, with his boots off, his neckerchief removed, shirt collar unbuttoned, and his head resting upon a pillow. By his side sat the old man, with the smelling bottle in the one hand, and a glass of water in the other, and the little boy standing at the foot of the sofa. As soon as Mr. Green had so far recovered as to be able to speak, he said, "Where am I, and what does this mean?" "Wait a while," replied ...

— Clotel; or, The President's Daughter • William Wells Brown

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