1. [n]  a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
2. [v]  rest on or as if on a pillow, of one's head

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1. \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.
   

2. \Pil"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pillowed}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Pillowing}.]
   To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support; as, to
   pillow the head.
         Pillows his chin upon an orient wave.    --Milton.