Thursday, January 18, 2007
Pillows
pil·low (pĭl’ō) n.
1. A cloth case, stuffed with something soft, such as down, feathers, or foam rubber, used to cushion the head, especially during sleep.
2. A decorative cushion.
3. The pad on which bobbin lace is made.
v. pil·lowed, pil·low·ing, pil·lows
v. tr.
1. To rest (one’s head) on or as if on a pillow.
2. To serve as a pillow for: Grass pillowed my head.
v. intr.
1. To rest on or as if on a pillow.
2. To assume the shape of a pillow.
[Middle English, from Old English pyle, from West Germanic *pulwī, from Latin pulvīnus.]
