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Lace pillow

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pil⋅low

[pil-oh]
–noun
1. a bag or case made of cloth that is filled with feathers, down, or other soft material, and is used to cushion the head during sleep or rest.
2. anything used to cushion the head; headrest: a pillow of moss.
3. Also called lace pillow. a hard cushion or pad that supports the pattern and threads in the making of bobbin lace.
4. a supporting piece or part, as the block on which the inner end of a bowsprit rests.
–verb (used with object)
5. to rest on or as on a pillow.
6. to support with pillows.
7. to serve as a pillow for: She pillowed the child with her body.
–verb (used without object)
8. to rest as on a pillow.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME pilwe, OE pylu < L pulvīnus cushion (whence also G Pfühl)


pil⋅low⋅less, adjective
pil⋅low⋅like, adjective


1. See cushion.
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Word Origin & History

pillow 
O.E. pyle, from W.Gmc. *pulwi(n) (cf. M.Du. polu, O.H.G. pfuliwi, Ger. Pfühl), an early borrowing (2c. or 3c.) from L. pulvinus "cushion," of uncertain origin. The verb is first recorded 1629. Slang pillow talk first recorded 1939.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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