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pillown. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with (with variations in gender and declensional class) Middle Dutch poluwe , poeluwe , poelu , etc. (Dutch peluw ), Old Saxon puli (Middle Low German pȫle , pēl , etc.), Old High German pfuluwīn , pfuluwī , pfuluwi , pfuluwo (Middle High German pfülwe , pfulwe , German Pfühl ) < classical Latin pulvīnus cushion (see pulvinus n.).The normal development in Old English would be nominative and accusative singular pyle, inflected forms pylw-; however, levelling of forms in both directions appears to have given rise on the one hand to loss of -w- from inflected forms (e.g. the genitive singular pyles is attested), and on the other to the creation of a new nominative and accusative singular pylu (as reflected by β forms); see further A. S. Napier in Mod. Lang. Q. (1897) 52. 1. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > bedding > [noun] > pillow or bolster eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory (Hatton) (1871) xix. 143 Wa ðæm ðe willað under ælcne elnbogan lecggean pyle & bolster under ælcne hneccan. OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius (Vitell.) (1984) cxiv. 156 Wið feforgende genim þas wyrte lactucam leporinam, lege him nytendum under his pyle, he byþ gehæled. OE tr. (Hatton) (O.E.D. transcript) x. 263 To slæpe wulfes heafod lege under þone pyle [?a1200 Harl. 6258B pule], se unhala slæpeþ. a1225 ( (Winteney) (1888) 113 To bedreafe ȝenoh is to habbenne meatta & hwitel & bedfelt & pyle. a1382 (Bodl. 959) 3 Esdras iii. 8 Þanne eche, writinge his woord, sealeden & putten vnder þe pilue [a1425 L.V. pelewe; L. cervical] of king darij. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) iv. 3021 (MED) Upon a fethrebed alofte He lith with many a pilwe of doun. 1450 in A. Clark (1914) 42 (MED) Item, I wol that Iohn Cook haue a matrasse, j bolster, j paire of Blankettes, ij paire of shetis, & j pillow. 1474 W. Caxton tr. (1883) ii. ii. 32 She put in a pelow of fethers a certain some of money. 1520 v. f. 67/1 They put on his mouth a pilowe and stopped his breth. 1548 f. ijv He caused hym self to bee raised vp with pillowes. 1611 Gen. xxviii. 18 And Iacob..tooke the stone that hee had put for his pillowes [1535 Coverdale that he had layed vnder his heade] and set it vp for a pillar. View more context for this quotation 1663 in J. Nicholson (1855) 187 (note) Twa pillowes and pillow beirares. 1725 R. Bradley at Lithotomy The Operator lays the sick Person upon a soft Pillow. a1774 A. Tucker (1777) III. iv. 320 It will be very difficult to get a man from his pillow..if he has nothing to do when he is up. 1809 21 318 The limb being supported by pillows in a relaxed position. 1866 J. Martineau 1st Ser. 64 Coleridge..slept with the Observations on Man under his pillow. 1940 R. Chandler xvii. 106 Her dirty hair straggled on the pillow. 1992 Spring 23 She fluffed her pillow and leaned back into it, pulled the quilts up to her chin. c1450 (1900) 114 (MED) Slowthe makyth þe þe restyng place of þe deuyl, for þou art þe feendys pylwe. 1576 A. Flemming tr. 291 Some there be that lie lulling on the softe pillow of sloth. 1594 W. Shakespeare v. iii. 162 [He] Song thee a sleepe his louing brest thy pillow . View more context for this quotation 1668 J. Flavell 54 That soft pillow of creature delights on which thou restedst before. 1720 A. Pennecuik (ed. 2) ii. 157 The peaceful Pillow of her Breast. 1771 ‘Junius’ (1772) II. l. 196 You are the pillow, upon which I am determined to rest all my resentments. 1817 C. Wolfe Burial Sir J. Moore in June 278/1 As we..smoothed down his lonely pillow. 1889 6 Apr. 414/2 He took it for granted that nobles and gentlemen who lived about the Court should one day lay their heads upon a bloody pillow. 1900 S. M. Swemmer xviii. 185 That name [sc. Mohammed]..is the pillow of the sick and the last word of the dying. 1997 E. White (1998) vi. 246 Did you get a gander of that chest hair? Oh, God, I could sleep till dawn on that fur pillow. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > support or rest > [noun] > cushion OE Ælfric (St. John's Oxf.) 314 Puluinar, pyle. OE (Tiber.) (1993) xliv. 90 Deferatur tunc ad ipsis diaconibus ante altare et eos accolitus cum puluillo sequatur, super quem sancta crux ponatur : heo si boren þænne fram þam diaconum toforan þam weofude & hi taporberend mid pyle folgige ofer þænne seo halige rod beo gesett. a1333 (BL Add.) (1934) 70 (MED) Pule [v.rr. quarele, federbed, coschyn; glossing AFr. plume mole (a1325 Cambr.)]. 1397 (P.R.O.: C 145/263/13) j pilowe de alb. baudekyn..j pelewe de cerico. (Harl. 221) 399 Pylwe, pulvinar, cervical, pulvillus, plumacium. 1466 Inventory in (1887) 50 42 Item ij pyllowys of rede clothe of velvet for principalle festes for þe hygh auter. 1522 in S. Tymms (1850) 115 To the chyrche of Pakenham a pelow of blew sylke. 1566 in E. Peacock (1866) 118 Item one litle pillowe which was accustomed to be laid vpon the altare. 1574 J. Baret P 374 A pillowe or a cushin. Puluinar. 1616 T. Middleton sig. B3v Hee kneeled downe on a rich Pillow or Cushion. 1779 R. Graves II. xxxi. 223 His Lordship..procured two or three settees, with cushions and pillows for his guests. 1882 Nov. 912/1 The low lounge with its great chintz-covered pillows. 1924 Sept. 87/1 The rocking-chair held a leather pillow. 1992 R. Kenan xi. 246 A restaurant oozing quaintness and doilied charm, with..cross-stitched pillows on wicker chairs. the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > plug, pad, or swab a1400 tr. Lanfranc (Ashm.) (1894) 13 (MED) Brynge þou þe parties of þe wounde togidere þoruȝ sowynge, or wiþ plumaciols—þat ben smale pelewis—or wiþ byndynge. c1475 tr. Henri de Mondeville (Wellcome) f. 165 (MED) Þanne fomente weel þe wounde wiþ hoot wiyn and drie it and leye to pulewis & pressuris of softe lynnen clooþ. 4. A block or bearing. 1446 in E. Hobhouse (1890) 84 (MED) Item, payd for fettyng of a brasen pelewe for worspryng, ij d. 1474–5 in H. J. F. Swayne (1896) 20 Item, in the castynge of pelewes for the iij grettyst bellys, xi s. c1550 in (1982) 107 184/2 Ordenaunce artillery munycions and habillemtes of ware... Gret pillowes of leade. 1814 R. Buchanan vii. 154 The bearings on which gudgeons and journals rest and revolve, are sometimes termed pillows and frequently brasses. 1851 17 May 280/3 Figure 50 is a vertical section across the axis of the wheel... W is the wheel, S shaft, i i journal pillows, [etc.]. a1877 E. H. Knight II. 1704/2 Pillow, the socket of a pivot. 1995 86 384 Brass bearings, or pillows, weighing as much as sixteen pounds were placed beneath the secondary vertical axles, or spindles, of undershot and overshot grain mills. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > spar projecting over bows > supports for 1626 J. Smith 12 The boule spret, the pillow, the sturrop, the spret sayle. 1688 R. Holme (1905) iii. xv. 36/2 The Pillow is that tymber on which the bolt-sprit beares at the coming out of the hull called the pillow of the bolt-sprit. 1769 W. Falconer Pillow, a block of timber, whereon the inner-end of the bowsprit is supported. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > upper part of mast > knob or cap on 1632 W. Lithgow iv. 154 Then hoysing him vp to the pillow or top of the tree, they let the rope flee loose, whence downe he falles. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > capital > parts of specific types of capital 1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart 128 The Return [of the Volute] or Pillow betwixt the Abacus and Echinus resembles the side-plaited tresses of Womens haire. 1704 J. Harris I. at Voluta These Voluta's are more especially remarkable in the Ionick Capital, representing a kind of Pillow or Cushion laid between the Abacus and the Echinus. 1708 J. James tr. C. Perrault ii. iii. 71 The Volutes hitherto describ'd, are on the Face of the Capital in Front, and on that behind it; the Faces, on the Sides, are of another Fashion. Vitruvius calls this Part on the Side, the Pillow. 1876 W. Papworth (rev. ed.) Gloss. 1340 Volute, a spiral scroll which forms the principal feature of the capital of the Ionic order... The returns or sides are called pulvinata or pillows. 1982 51 131/2 Echinus rises at flair wider than 45°, ending in heavy, rounded pillow under abacus. 1999 J. S. Curl 501/1 Pillow capital, capital resembling a cushion, or a cubic capital with the lower angles rounded off. the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > cross-bar society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > body > support for bed 1733 J. Tull xxi. 139 Two Rows of Holes, whereby to raise or sink the Beam, by pinning up or down the Pillow..to increase or diminish the Depth of the Furrow. 1764 1 cxiii. 479 A pin..through the fore bed, about one foot behind the upper pillow,..the other through the under pillow. 1811 T. Davis (new ed.) 263 Parts of a Waggon. Peel, the pillow over the axle. 1968 J. Arnold 156 The heavy, transverse parts of the undercarriage were of elm, and called bed, bolster and pillow, from bottom to top. 5. A pad or padded object. the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > parts of saddle c1600 J. Dymmok (1842) 7 The horsemen..ryde upon paddes, or pillows without styrups. 1607 G. Markham ii. 258 When you haue placed..both your knees harde and firme vnder each of the fore Pillowes of the Saddle. 1651 15 With pillows and Pannells. 1895 Apr. 179/1 Went to yearly meeting at Hereford with a few others, Molly Lloyd riding on pillow behind him. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > lacemaking > pillow 1726 C. Chaloner Let. 22 Nov. in M. Verney (1930) II. xxiv. 99 She began to whine and tooke her pillow, but what lase she will make I cannot tell. 1781 W. Cowper 318 Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store. 1864 1446 The manner of making pillow lace... The ‘pillow’ is a round or oval board, stuffed so as to form a cushion, and placed upon the knees of the workwoman. 1892 18 Feb. 1/3 The term ‘sister’ used for the stool on which the lace-makers place their pillows. 1925 Apr. 5/1 There are lovely pieces of lace, some with the pattern worked in by needle, some made on a pillow. 1998 G. O'Hara Callan 142/2 Bobbin lace..is usually worked on a pillow. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > boxing-glove the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > glove > types of > for specific purpose 1882 13 May 11/2 To give them a chance he offered to fight and wear gloves and I think he can whip all who have challenged him with pillows on his hands. 1894 24 443/1 Piled on a little table were four as dirty and badly-stained ‘pillows’ as I had ever set eyes on. 1930 16 July 10/6 Al Singer drew on the big 12-ounce boxing pillows for the last time. 1977 J. Sayles xvii. 203 They got these big pillows you wear, the Golden Gloves, so I didn't feel much. 2002 (Nexis) 11 Jan. Mc Cullough told his sparring partners to wear regular, light gloves instead of the pillows used in training. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > fustian > types of 1696 J. F. 9 Pillow Fustians,..some of them single dyed. 1797 J. Saul (ed. 2) 104 10 Pieces pillow fustian, each 26 yd, at 10d. 1839 A. Ure 537 The common fustian..is known by the name of pillow. 1875 E. H. Knight Pillow,..a kind of fustian having a four-leaved twill. 1998 51 68 A simple cloth similar to the ‘fustian’ (or pillow). the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > volcanic formations > [noun] > lava formations > others 1890 46 312 The structure is more commonly irregular, the masses resembling pillows or soft cushions pressed upon and against one another.] 1899 108 It shows the ‘pillow’ structure already referred to, some of the ‘pillows’ being a yard or more in diameter. 1944 C. A. Cotton xv. 290 Lava pillows are commonly three to four feet in diameter. 1962 E. A. Vincent tr. A. Rittmann ii. 71 The freshly formed pillows are in effect bladders filled with still-fluid lava, which roll down..and pile up one above the other. 1991 R. Goldring iii. 48 Lenses of limestone or chert between lava pillows are important sources. Phrasesthe mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > think about, consider [verb (intransitive)] > at night 1573 G. Harvey (1884) 21 You counsel me to take counsel of mi pillow. 1592 R. Greene sig. Cv Take time when you will giue me an answer: aske counsaile of your pillowe. 1633 Battle of Lutzen in (Malh.) IV. 197 [The Polonians] took counsel of the pillow, and..concluded to come to a treaty. 1655 T. Fuller ii. 98 A Dunce-Monk..left the Verse thus gaping, Hic sunt in fossa Bedæ—ossa, till he had consulted with his Pillow, to fill up the Hiatus. 1709 R. Steele No. 60. ⁋1 [He] frequently consulted his Pillow to know how to behave himself on such important Occasions. 1770 C. Jenner II. 198 She determined to consult her pillow upon it. 1801 Proc. E. India House 68/2 They contained surmises and circumstances of such a nature, that he should carry it with him to his pillow. 1857 J. Frost II. 445 This plan..was probably too daring for the genius of the Prophet, who, when he came to take counsel of his pillow, might have reflected that his own person would be exposed in its execution. 1933 28 109 Our own expressions, ‘Sleep on it’ and ‘Take counsel of one's pillow.’ 1969 G. Snyder 51 The Jikijitsu pads once around, says, ‘Take counsel of your pillow,’ and walks out. the world > action or operation > safety > be safe [verb (intransitive)] > give false sense of security a1425 (c1384) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Ezek. xiii. 18 Woo to hem that sewen to gidre cusshens vndir eche cubit of hoond, and maken pilewis vnder the heed of eche age, for to take or disseyue soulis. 1560 Ezek. xiii. 18 Woe vnto the women that sowe pillowes vnder all arme holes. 1572 in D. Neal (1732) I. 285 'Tis no time to blanch or sew pillars under mens elbows. 1620 Bp. J. King 45 When I come to reprove sinne, I shall sowe no pillowes. 1686 T. Pierce 216 Does He now joyn with Silas in soothing up the poor Iailour, and sowing Pillows under his Elbowes? 1708 iii. 192 Such as sew Pillows under their Elbows to nap quietly their Days away. 1756 E. Haywood iii. xi. 263 Most men are apt to put pillows under their elbows when transferring their desires from one woman to another. 1953 C. R. Cheney & W. H. Semple tr. Pope Innocent III xxxii. 97 It is undoubtedly in your interest..not to caress him in company with those who ‘sew pillows under his elbow’. Compounds C1. 1906 14 Sept. 13/4 A good many curved backs are due to the pillow habit. 1888 25 Aug. 5/2 They had a room full of feathers which were sent there for pillow making. 1985 20 Mar. a8/3 Candlewicking... Learning the basic candlewicking stitches. (Also used in pillow making.) 1819 L. Hunt Bacchus & Ariadne in II. 26 She waked, but stirred not, only just to please Her pillow-nestling cheek. 1854 21 Oct. 44/4 Improvements in wardrobe bedsteads, one of which consists in applying a pair of spiral springs to assist in raising the bedstead, and a hinged pillow rest. 1964 6 Dec. (Christmas Gift Guide section) 4 (advt.) Day bed and soft foam mattress. Folding aluminium..with pillow rest. 2001 (Nexis) 29 June 1 e There are..tubs for two in a variety of shapes and sizes, with pillow rests for each. 1756 M. Calderwood (1884) iii. 72 A Dutch bolster is..not made round as ours are, but in the pillow shape. 1894 26 May Other floor cushions much less troublesome to make are in ordinary pillow shape. 1998 N. Whittaker (1999) 19 Pieces were snipped off with oiled scissors, the flattened ends giving a sharp-cornered pillow shape to the sweets. C2. 1890 XVI. 4490/3 Pillow-bar, the ground or filling of pillow-lace, consisting of irregular threads or groups of threads drawn from one part of the pattern to another. These bars may either be plain or have a minute pearl-edge. 1982 21 Feb. 20/1 The Liberal Party? They're all a bunch of pillow-biters. 2004 M. Keyes 379 ‘I'm a happily married man’, Nicholas said. ‘And I'm a pillow biter’, said Cam. ‘Damn!’ Jojo clicked her fingers. ‘Foiled!’ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > shaft > [noun] > parts of > journal > part which encloses or supports > parts of 1814 R. Buchanan vii. 155 Hence the term Pillow Block, and, sometimes, corruptly, Plumber Block. 1909 J. H. Morrison vi. 101 Her port water wheel was badly damaged, its shaft forced two feet aft from its proper position, with the crank pin and main pillow block broken. 1989 July 25/1 BSL Engineering..has launched a linear motion roller bearing pillow block. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > pillow-case 1534 Inventory in (P.R.O.: SP 1/83) f. 117v A bedstedyll' with a Fetherbed:..One pillowe with a pillocote. 1600 in W. F. Shaw (1870) 226 Forty payer of sheetes..viij payer of pillow coates six payer of pillowes. 1727 in (1908) 15 I Give to my Granddaughter Mary Bangs A pillow-coat. the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun] > consideration beforehand > overnight 1573 G. Harvey (1884) 21 I am aferd al the pillow counsel in Walden is scarc able to counsel to so hard a case. 1653 W. Hemings We have some certain Notions to deliver, Some pillow counsels. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > pillow-case 1644 in G. F. Dow (1916) I. 41 Two Pilcovrs and two Payer of course sheets, 10s. 1763 J. Langhorne I. xvii. 77 The pillow-cover is at present in pawn, but may be redeemed for two-pence. 1848 H. W. Herbert xi. 65 The blood which had flowed from the back of his head and deluged all the cambric pillow-covers. 1991 W. P. Kinsella ii. vii. 103 A punchwork pillow cover—black velvet, featuring a disconsolate face of Jesus in brown wool. the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of > taken at night 1829 W. Scott II. vii. 228 To hand round to the company a sleeping-drink, or pillow-cup, of distilled water, mingled with spices. society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > round dance > [noun] > specific 1811 1 Feb. 93 Sir Godfrey..talks something about Signora Collini's qualifications for a shake not being equal to Miss Giroux's for the pillow-dance, but I do not comprehend his meaning. 1909 G. D. Drennan 37 Miss Pauline Chase..taking the part of the ‘First Twin’, and gaining much appreciation on account of the famous pillow dance. 1985 I. Opie & P. Opie vi. 195 In Tristan da Cunha..the ‘pillow dance’ and the ‘chair dance’ are looked upon as separate entertainments. society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > a fight > with bolsters or pillows 1850 C. Mathews v. 64 They darted from bed and commenced in the middle of the chamber, a great pillow-fight amicable and hurtless. 1904 8 Jan. 9/2 It was too much of a pillow-fight... There was a great show of effort and of striking without very much damage done. 1991 D. Richler xi. 176 A nude pillow fight with some co-eds in the dorm of a Canadian university. society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)] > fight with pillows 1914 2 May 8/1 The completed nest... The feathers overflowing above as if the little goldcrests had been pillow-fighting. 1984 35 225/2 The two pillow-fighting on the bed Troilus and Cressida are about to occupy. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > pillow or bobbin 1815 27 Apr. 4/2 Lace by machinery,..unrivalled in quality, and similar to the pillow lace of this country and the Continent. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Pillow-lace, lace worked by hand on a small cushion or pillow. 1933 21 Nov. v. 34/3 Bobbin lace, sometimes called pillow lace, first appeared in Genoa, Italy, in 1530. 2001 Jan.–Feb. 26/1 Both Flanders and Italy claim to be the birthplace of bobbin lace (also called pillow lace or bone lace). the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > volcanic formations > [noun] > lava formations > others 1903 32 67 Immediately above the lava sheet is the pillow lava, proved to be about 60 meters in thickness. 1971 I. G. Gass et al. xxi. 302/2 The presence of such pillow lavas in ancient rock sequences..is unequivocal evidence of sub-aqueous eruption. 2001 J. Hamilton-Paterson (2002) vi. 79 A lightless universe of dunes and pillow lava. 1818 21 Sept. 1/3 Fine Sheetings and Pillow Linen. 1920 H. R. Carter App. 305 A light-weight cloth..can be bleached to sell as a shirting linen, or a light pillow linen. 1932 3 Oct. 21/4 (advt.) Apron & Pillow Linen..suitable for Pillow Cases or Nurses' Aprons. society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > mound or dome 1928 O. G. S. Crawford & A. Keiller 23 At High Beech the rabbits use the pillow-mounds very extensively. 1992 M. Aston (BNC) 115 All over England there are enigmatic earthworks called pillow mounds by archaeologists. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > muff 1903 29 Dec. A pelerine fichu and enormous pillow muff destined for wear on the Riviera. 1958 29 Aug. 9/3 It is worn with a huge pillow muff of Norwegian fox. the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > pipe > other types of pipe 1752 H. Fielding I. iii. ii. 176 I sat with him whilst he smoak'd his Pillow Pipe, as his Phrase is. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > pillow-case > ornamental 1869 Nov. 518/2 A dozen linen sheets, and as many..pillow covers: they didn't have any ‘pillow-shams’..in those early days. 1947 15 Jan. 6/5 And pillow shams! Like the splashes, they were painstakingly worked in red outline. 1992 1 Dec. 193 (advt.) Save 20% on matching pillow shams and bedskirts. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > pillow-case 1793 tr. Catherine II 24 The landlady gave to each a pillow with a clean pillow-slip. 1883 Apr. 648 The wife will rise..and with pillow-slip in hand will gather the mushrooms that have grown with the night. 2002 H. McGill 122 A truly beautiful confection of gossamer drapes, calla lilies and embroidered pillowslips. the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > volcanic formations > [noun] > lava formations > others 1897 A. Geikie I. xiv. 244 Some of the diabase-masses display the pillow-structure and amygdaloidal texture. 1930 B. N. Peach & J. Horne 142 Pillow-structure is well developed in some of the volcanic rocks, the chilled margins of the pillows and the concentric arrangement of the vesicles being marked features. 1990 P. Kearey & F. J. Vine xi. 254 A lower group of komatiitic ultramafic and mafic volcanic rocks with pillow structures..have a bulk composition similar to ocean ridge basalts. the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > private conversation 1914 J. Dunn tr. i. 1 Such was the pillow-talk that fell betwixt them. 1939 J. Joyce i. 57 Mid pillow talk and chithouse chat, on Marlborough Green as through Molesworth Fields. 1993 31 Mar. 150/4 The bedrooms are bugged and incriminating pillow talk is studied by white-coated doctors looking for signs of sexual deviancy. the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > privately or familiarly 1953 8 June 4/3 She shot him when he pillow-talked: ‘I have a wife and kid’. 1971 16 Apr. 7/2 Is your husband out pillow-talking with some bright young doll? 2001 (Nexis) 25 Feb. c14 This lovely hooker was cavorting and pillow-talking with major figures from both sides in the Cold War. the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored > receptacle > for liquids 1951 10 Feb. 93/1 A new synthetic rubber-nylon ‘pillow’ tank for gasoline that lies flat on the ground and provides 10,000 gallons of storage. 1990 D. J. Calvert (Aircraft Illustr. Special) 43/1 Main fuel supplies are stocked in pillow tanks at the logistics parks. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > pillow-case 1558 in M. Cash (1966) 2 10 fustian pillowes, 10 pillowtyes and tenn Coverlettes. 1847 J. O. Halliwell II Pillowbere, a pillow-case... Also called a pillow-slip or pillow-tie. 1873 W. P. Williams & W. A. Jones 27 Pillow-tie.., pillow-case. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). pillowv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pillow n. 1. the world > space > relative position > support > [verb (transitive)] > place (a thing) on for support the world > space > relative position > posture > action of leaning on or against something > lean on or against [verb (transitive)] > specific part of body society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > bedding > [verb (transitive)] > support with pillows or bolster 1611 T. Heywood ii. sig. E2v Good sooth I shall not rest Vntill my head be pillowed on thy breast. 1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn xxvi, in 12 So when the Sun in bed,..Pillows his chin upon an Orient wave. 1674 J. Flavell 108 You had pillowed your head upon this pleasant, sensible creature-enjoyment. 1758 W. Battie vi. 39 Nerves that are pillowed with fat..do not receive a proper that is a sensible impulse from external objects. 1794 S. T. Coleridge 50 'Mid fitful starts I nod, And fain would sleep, though pillowed on a clod! 1818 Mrs. E. H. Iliff (ed. 2) 29 Languor and pain confess thy charm, When pillow'd on thy friendly arm. a1855 C. Brontë (1857) II. xxv. 251 He again pillowed his cheek on her breast, and was again tranquil. 1885 Sept. 681/1 The infancy of birds is cradled and pillowed in peril. 1934 21 Dec. 1 (advt.) We killed bumps and vibration by pillowing the body on rubber..with huge, new Aero-Hydraulic Shock-Absorbers. 1993 M. Roberts (BNC) 65 Then side by side they lay still, heads pillowed on the pile of dressing-up clothes. the world > space > relative position > support > [verb (transitive)] > as a pillow 1756 Mar. 142/2 The green turf still pillow'd her head. 1819 Ld. Byron cxiv. 176 And her transparent cheek, all pure and warm, Pillow'd his death-like forehead. 1847 R. Southey & C. A. Southey 87 Huddled together, the cold earth their bed, The door-sill pillowing her houseless head. 1920 15 Mar. 15/4 The sugarloaf-like Monton de Trigo, pillowing the shrouded head of the Mujer Muerta (Dead Woman) crest. 2002 (Nexis) 21 Apr. a11 Erik Lindbergh was stretched out on his back, hands pillowing his head. 1790 W. Combe IV. xv. 221 You are speaking of that poor old gentleman..who can scarce suffer himself to be pillowed and bolstered up to the table. 1850 (1852) xxvii. 486 He wished to be pillowed-up more. 1887 T. Hardy I. xiii. 230 John South was pillowed up in a chair between the bed and the window. 1904 24 Nov. 2/3 She..insisted on being pillowed up that she might fortify herself to bear her pains by reading her Bible. 1974 27 Oct. 4/3 He [sc. the driver] was barely five feet tall and had to be pillowed up to see where he was going. the world > space > relative position > posture > action of leaning on or against something > lean on or against something [verb (intransitive)] > specific part of body 1800 8 890 Like him, I pillow on the cheek, And nestle near the languid eye. 1837 L. H. Sigourney 90 Like a wearied sentinel, Pillowing on thought profound. 1855 G. A. Stillman vi. 78 Evening's purple cheek Pillows on the bosom of a song. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.eOE v.1611 |
