The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . d hair, or other yielding mate-rial, used to support the head during re])ose. inIndia, China, .Japan, and other warm countries of the Easta light bamboo or ratan frame with a slightly concaveor crescent>shaped top is used as a snore upon the flint, when resty slothFinds the down pillow hard. Shalt., Cymbeline, iii. C. second sister, she maile his bed,Aiul laid soft jiilf^-; under his the Bent to the Bonny nnuon (i hilds
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . d hair, or other yielding mate-rial, used to support the head during re])ose. inIndia, China, .Japan, and other warm countries of the Easta light bamboo or ratan frame with a slightly concaveor crescent>shaped top is used as a snore upon the flint, when resty slothFinds the down pillow hard. Shalt., Cymbeline, iii. C. second sister, she maile his bed,Aiul laid soft jiilf^-; under his the Bent to the Bonny nnuon (i hilds Ballads, VIII. 19). 2. A block or sujiiiort resembling such a cushionin form or use. (a) Naut., the block on which the innerend of a bowsprit is supported. (&) In much., a bearing ofbrass or bronze for the journal of a shaft, carried by aplumber-block, (c) The socket of a pivot; an ink or step.(d> In certain imlnstrial arts, a sujijioiter nr gmund njionwhi(;h to wiiik. ften a stiitted cushion, snnietinies hardand resistjint; especially, in lace making, tbeeusliiun uponwhich laces are made. The lace-pillow is in England, and. >- Pillory. Wing those in the stocks, and liohS throughwhich were jput the head and liands of an nlTcn-der, who was thus e.\ to public derisiou. usually in Belgium, a simple , square or rounded, orrarely , wbieli llie threads are tlxed by pins; asthe lace is rinule, the pins have to he taken out and thefabTic shifted. In central France the jtillow is a box cov-ered with cloth and slightly stuffed on the outside, slop-ing toward the worker, anil having at the side furthestfrom the worker a cylinder or drum to which the threailsare attached by pins, ami which can be levolved, cairyingthe llnished lace with it. Another form of pillow is a cyl-inder set horizontally on a stand high enough to be placedupon the H<»or in front of the A kind of plain fustian. Pillow of a plow, aer<ts.*^-piece of wood which aervea to
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