[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.
Pillows his chin upon an orient wave. --Milton.