Thesaurus: pillow

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1. n. 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.
2. n. A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.
3. n. A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
4. n. A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
5. v. t. To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support; as, to pillow the head.
6. n. a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
7. v. rest on or as if on a pillow
8. 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.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block. [R.] 3. (Naut.) 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. 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.
9. A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalizepressure; a brass; a pillow block. [R.]
10. v:1/n:99 n. a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person v. rest on or as if on a pillow