pillowing
present participle of pillow
pillowing (countable and uncountable, plural pillowings)
Material used to make pillows.
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
30 November 2024
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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.