01 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.
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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.
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2.
A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.(Mach.) [R.]
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3.
A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.(Naut.)
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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.