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pillowed

[pil-oh] Origin

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.

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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
verb (used without object)
8.
to rest as on a pillow.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English pilwe, Old English pylu < Latin pulvīnus cushion (whence also German Pfühl)

pil·low·less, adjective
pil·low·like, adjective
un·pil·lowed, adjective

pillar, pillory, pillow.


1. See cushion.

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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.
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pillowed definition


  1. mod.
    pregnant. (Refers to the swelling in a pregnant woman's abdomen.) : She does look a bit pillowed, doesn't she?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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