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pillow
(noun) a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
pillow, rest
(verb) rest on or as if on a pillow; “pillow your head”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pillow (countable and uncountable, 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.
The socket of a pivot.
(uncountable) A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
Verb
pillow (third-person singular simple present pillows, present participle pillowing, simple past and past participle pillowed)
(transitive) To rest as on a pillow.
Proper noun
Pillow (plural Pillows)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pillow is the 10382nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3103 individuals. Pillow is most common among White (73.48%) and Black/African American (21.46%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Pil"low, n. Etym: [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. (Mach.)
Definition: A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block. [R.]
3. (Naut.)
Definition: 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 Etym: [OE. pilwebere; cf. LG. bĂĽre 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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pillowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pillowing.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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