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Dictionary » P » Pillow Pillowpillow 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. (Science: machinery) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block. 3. 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. Bure a pillowcase], a pillowcase; pillow slip. (Science: machinery) Pillow block, 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. Origin: OE. Pilwe, AS. Pyle, fr. L. Pilvinus. ![]()
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Results from our forumRe: Important unknown nanotech within humans... was promoted to the science branch to advise on animal health issues. —Circumstance of Death: She died of asphyxiation after being smothered by a pillow in her hotel room while on vacation in Arizona. Aril 18, 2005: Douglas Passaro, 43 —Expertise: He was an associate professor of epidemiology ...
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Re: *grabs popcorn and gets ready to watch feathers fly* why is there a pillow fight? really crazy when that happens...you know its bad when pillows get into fights.
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The Fiber Disease... did not know that my leg could not have healed overnight. the infectious doctor came agiain and I informed him that I had lots of debris on my pillow where my left legs was elevated. I told him that I needed those antiobics started again. This man scraped his uingloved hand through the debris ...
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me too.... began... This all started when I had a flare up on my right ear. It was sore, as if I had slept all night on it with it bent between my face and pillow. This subsided within a few days. Then about 3 months later, my right ear became sore as if a spider had bit it, but no central SPOT location ...
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