Category:Pillow

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.)

Defn: a piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block. [r.]

3. (naut.)

Defn: 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. 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.

Pillow Pil"low, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pillowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pillowing.]

Defn: 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.