pillow
    n 1: a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
    v 1: rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head" [syn:
         pillow, rest]

Pillow \Pil"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pillowed; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Pillowing.]
   To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support; as, to
   pillow the head.
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         Pillows his chin upon an orient wave.    --Milton.
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Pillow \Pil"low\, n. [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.
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            [Resty sloth] finds the down pillow hard. --Shak.
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   2. (Mach.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to
      equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block. [R.]
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   3. (Naut.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
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   4. A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
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   Lace pillow, a cushion used in making hand-wrought lace.

   Pillow bier [OE. pilwebere; cf. LG. b["u]re 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.
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Pillow, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
   Population (2000):    304
   Housing Units (2000): 139
   Land area (2000):     0.479079 sq. miles (1.240809 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.479079 sq. miles (1.240809 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            60264
   Located within:       Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
   Location:             40.640430 N, 76.803464 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
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