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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.

    [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 [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.