Pillow /(?)/

Pil·low

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. A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block. (Mach.) [R.]
  3. A block under the inner end of a bowsprit. (Naut.)
  4. A kind of plain, coarse fustian.

Phrases & Compounds
Lace pillow
a cushion used in making hand-wrought lace.
Pillow bier
a pillowcase; pillow slip.
Pillow block
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

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Pillowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pillowing

  1. To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support; as, to pillow the head.
    Pillows his chin upon an orient wave.