pillion 
Ne paten mOm (cardinal's hat (Skeat)j on hli pilil pate : 
But prechra In partite lljf A no pride vseii. 
Ptm Piomnm-t Cnde (E. E. T. 8.), L 8S8. 
Mercury shall give tbee gUU manyfolde : 
HI* POlvm, aceptre, hi* wlnges, tod hl harpe. 
Barclay, Eclogue, IT. 
pillloned (pil'yond), o. [Early mod. E. j>y- 
lymed; < pfOum, ., 4, 4- -e<R] Having a pil- 
lion (the head-dregs so called). 
The IdoUtour, the tyrant, and the whoremongar are no 
mete raynliters for hym, though they be ... never ao 
fynely forced, p&onei. and acarletted. 
Bp. Bale, Vocaclou (Hart. Misc., VI. 442). 
pill-milleped (pil'mil'e-ped), . A milleped 
or thousand-legs of the family Glomeridte; a 
kind of gally-worm that can roll itself into a 
ball. Also pill-iriiriH. 
pillorize (pil'o-riz), r. t.: pret. and pp. pillo- 
ri;ed, ppr. MM<M*V. [< OF. pillortger, pilo- 
riser, pyloruer, pilloriyer (ML. pilorisare), pil- 
lorize ; us piltor-y + -ire.] To set in a pillory. 
Henry Burton . . . was . . . pilluriztd with Prynne and 
Butwlcke. Wood, Fasti Oxon., I. 192. 
pillorizing (pil'o-ri-zing), p. a. Serving to pil- 
lorize or set up to ridicule. 
Dandin hai become a pSUoriztng name adopted (probably 
from folk-speech) by many French authors as Rabelais, 
Racine, La Fontaine, Mom-re for types of various forms 
of folly they have undertaken to scathe. 
Jf. and Q., 7th ser., IX. 150. 
pillory (pil'o-ri), . ; pi. pillories (-riz). [Early 
mod. E. piuorie, ]>illrry, pillerie, pillary, pil- 
larie, < ME. pillory, pillori, pyllery, pullery = 
MD. pilorijn, pellarin, < OF. pilori, pilorin, pi- 
lerin,pellorin,.pilori (= Pg. pelourinho) , a pil- 
lory (cf. OF. pilori, pillory, pillori, a ruff or col- 
lar so called, encircling the neck like the boards 
of a pillory); cf. Hli.ptlorium,piliorium, pellori- 
vtn,pilloricum,pellencum,pilaricum, etc. (forms 
which, like the obg. E. pillary, pillery, etc., simu- 
late a connection with Mli.pilare,pihirium,pi- 
lorus, a pillar; cf. OY.tritle, a pillory, another 
nse of pile, pille, < L. jrifa, a pillar), also spiliori- 
um, a pillory (in ML. also called collistrigium), 
< Pr. eitpitlori, a pillory (supposed, from the 
fact that the F. form is evidently borrowed, to 
have been first used, as the name first arose, 
in Provence or Spain); perhaps lit. 'window,' 
'peephole,' or 'lookout' (the prisoner with his 
head confined in the pillory being humorously 
regarded as looking out of a window or peep- 
hole), < ML. as if *n]tecul<ttorium, a lookout, 
place of observation, neut. of L. 8]>ecukit<niu><, 
of or belonging to spies or to observation, < 
speculator, one who looks out, a spy, explorer, 
examiner, ML. (also njtirulator) also an uuder- 
officer, attendant, jailor, tormentor: see specu- 
lator. Cf. Cat. espitllera, a little window, peep- 
hole, loophole,< Ij.gpefularia, pi. (rarely in sing. 
specular), a window, cf. gpecularts, of or belong- 
ing to a looking-glass or mirror (or to looking), 
< ."/IK- nl a in (> Cat. expill), a looking-glass, mir- 
ror: see xpeculum. r onus corresponding to pil- 
lory do not occur in the other languages, the 
8p. being picota, It. berlina, D. kaak, G. pranger. 
Dan. gabextok, etc.] A frame of wood erected 
on a post or pole, with movable boards resem- 
4490 
In Great Britain It was a common punishment appointed 
for foraatalli-n, user* of deceitful weight*, common scolds, 
political offender*, thoae guilty of perjury, forgery, 111*1, 
seditions writing*, etc. It was abolished In 1887. 
Cros ! tluiu dost no trouthe 
On a pillori my fruit to plnne, 
He hath no spot of Adam sinne. 
Holy Rood (E. E. T. 8.), vui 14. 
Er he be put on the pullery for [that is, In spite of] eny 
prefer, Ich hole ! Pirn Plowman (C\ ill 216. 
Than they were delyuered to the hangman, and fast 
bounde layde In a carre and brought with trompcttes to 
the place of execution named ye halle*, and there set on 
the piUery, and turned four tymes aboute in the syght of 
all the people. Bernm, It. of Froluart's Chrou. , II. cxlvll. 
The Jeers of a theatre, the pillory, and the whipping- 
post are very near akin. 
H'ttttt, Improvement of Mind, I. 18. 1 17. 
Public executions gone ; pillory gone the last man pil- 
loried was In the year 1830. 
W. Bemnt, Fifty Yean Ago, p. 283. 
pillory (pil'o-ri), v. t. ; pret. and pp. pilloried, 
ppr. pillorying, [(pillory, n.] 1. To punish by 
exposure in the pillory. 
He [Ltlburnel was condemned to be whipped, pilloried, 
and Imprisoned. Hume, Hist. Eng., lit. 
Hungering for Puritans to pUlury. 
llacanlay, Hallam's Const Hist. 
Hence 2. Figuratively, to expose to ridicule, 
contempt, abuse, and the like. 
pillourt, ". Same as m'Mer 1 . 
pillow (pil'6), n. [< ME. pitlotce, pylowe , peloir, 
peloice, pilwe, puhce, pylwe, pule (also peltcere, 
pulwere), < AS. 'nylice, found only in the reduced 
form pyle, = MD. puluwe, pulwc, D.peluw, peu- 
lvu> = MljG.pole, pol, LG. poel = QHG.phulici, 
fulu>i,phuluwi,futuu>i,pliulaic'i,jihuliu'i,phultco, 
MHG.7)7i nitre, pfulve, Q.pfiihl, a pillow ; derived 
at a very early period, with omission of the L. 
term, -mis, < L>.pulrinus, also pulvinar, ML. also 
dim. puMttus, a pillow, bolster, cushion.] 1. A 
head-rest used by a person reclining; specifi- 
cally, a soft elastic cushion filled with down, 
feathers, curled hair, or other yielding mate- 
rial, used to support the head during repose. In 
India, China, Japan, and other warm countries of the East 
a light bamboo or ratan frame with a slightly concave 
or crescent-shaped top is used as a pillow. 
Weariness 
Can snore upon the flint, when resty sloth 
Finds the down pillow hard. 
Skat., Cymbeline, ill 6. 3f>. 
The second sister, she made his bol, 
And laid sott pillows under his head. 
Lay the Hint to the Bonny Broom (Child's Ballads, VIII. 10). 
2. A block or support resembling such a cushion 
in form or use. (o) A'ouf., the block on which the Inner 
end of a bowsprit Is supported, (&) In much., a bearing of 
bras* or bronze for the journal of a shaft, carried by a 
pliiinbcr>block. (c) The socket of a pivot ; an ink or step. 
<'/) In certain industrial arts, a supporter or ground upon 
which to work, often a stuffed cushion, sometimes hard 
and resistant ; especially, in lace-making, the cushion upon 
which laces are made. The lace pillow Is in F.nglaud, and 
Piloboleae 
They lay down to rest. 
With corselet laced, 
1'iUmrfd on buckli-r mid and hard. 
Scott, L. of L. M., L 4. 
And thou shalt pillow on my breast, 
While heavenly breathings float around. 
J. Jt. Dniltt, Culprit Fay, p. 65. 
pillow-bar (pil'6-bar), n. 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. 
pillow-bear, . See pillow-bier. 
pillow-bier, pillow-beer (pil'6-ber), n. [Also 
pillotc-bear ; < ME. pillotccbere, piltcebeer, pil- 
icebere, ]>elou>bere; < AS. 'pylwe, pyle, a pillow, 
-I- bier, a couch, pallet, also a bier: see pillow 
and bier.~\ A pillow-case. 
For In his male he hadde a pilwtbttr, 
Which that he selde was oure lady veyl. 
Chaucer, Gen. ProL to C. T., L 004. 
Do not make holes In the pOlov-been. 
, tun. Women beware Women, IT. 2. 
Plllotjr. 
t.lini; - iii tin Ntocks, and holes through 
which . r- put thf hfii<l and liainU of an offen- 
dt-r. who wai thus expow-.l t,, public .l.-risiou. 
usually In Belgium, a simple cuihlon, square or rounded, or 
nraly oblong, to which the thread* are fixed by pins ; as 
the lace Is made, the pins have to be taken out and the 
fabric shitted. In central France the pillow Is a box cov- 
ered with cloth and slightly stuffed on the outside, slop- 
Ing toward the worker, and having at the side furthest 
from the worker a cylinder or drum to which the threads 
are attached by pin*, and which can be revolved, carrying 
the finished lace with It. Another form of pillow Is a cyl- 
inder tet horliontally on a stand high enough to be placed 
upon the Boor In front of the worker. 
3. A kind of plain fustian pillow of a plow a 
cro*>-plece of wood which serve* to ralae or lower the 
i.. in, 
pillow (pil'6), v. [< pillow, .] I. trans. To 
rest or place on or as on a pillow for support. 
Ho, when the ran In bed, 
nirtaln'd with cloudy red, 
IfUom hi* chin upon an orient wave. 
Hilton, Nativity, L 281. 
II. intrant. To rest the head on or as on a 
pillow. [Rare.] 
Your pillow 1* clean, and your pillow-beer, 
For I washed 'em in Styx last night, son. 
Liimli, Satan In Search of a Wife, L 9. 
pillow-block (pil'6-blok), n. Same as plumber- 
block.- Ball-and-socket pillow-block. Seetafli. 
pillow-case (pil'6-kas), n. A movable case or 
covering which is drawn over a pillow. 
When you put a clean pHloiccane on your lady's pillow, 
be sure to fasten It well with corking pins. 
8ir\ft, Directions to Servants, Chambermaid. 
pillow-cup (pil'6-kup), . A cup or drink taken 
before going to bed; a "nightcap." 
The landlord . . . commanded his waiter Geoffrey to 
hand round to the company a sleeping-drink, or pillow-cup, 
of distilled water mingled with spice*. 
Scott, Anne of Gelerstetn, xlx. 
pillow-lace (pil'6-las), w. See lace. 
pillow-linen (pil'6-lin'en), n. Linen especially 
made or used for pillow-cases. 
pillow-pipe (pil'6-pip), . A last pipe smoked 
before going to bed. [Bare.] 
I sat with him whilst he raioked his pillow-pipe, as hi* 
phrase la. Fielding, Amelia, iii. 2. 
pillow-sham (pil'6-sham), n. An embroidered 
or otherwise ornamented cover to be laid over 
a pillow when not in use. 
PHloui-ihamt one of the hostess's troublesome little 
household fopperies- neatly folded out of the way. 
The Century, XXXVII. 786. 
pillow-slip (pij'6-slip), . An outer covering 
or case for a pillow; a pillow-case. 
pillow-word (pil'o-werd), n. A meaningless 
expression prefixed in Japanese poetry to other 
words for the sake of euphony. [Bare.] 
Almost every word of note has some pillow-word on 
which it may, so to speak, rest it* head; and dictionaries 
of them are often resorted to by 'the unready Japanese 
versiHer, just as rhyming dictionaries come to the aid of 
the poetasters of modern Europe. 
/;. U. Chamberlain, Class. Poetry of the Japanese, 
[Int, p. :.. 
pillowy (pil'o-i), a. [< pillow + -y 1 .] Like a 
pillow ; soft ; yielding. 
Shapes from the Invisible world, unearthly l>1 fft > *| 
From out the middle air, from flowery nests, 
And from t\\e pillowy silkines* that rest* 
Full In the speculation of the stars. 
Keatt, I Stood Tiptoe upon a Little Hill. 
pillpatet (pil'pat), n. [< pill?, v., + obj. pate; 
or for pilled pate.'] A shaven head ; hence, a 
friar or monk. 
These smeared pill-patet, 1 would say prelate*, first of 
all accused him, and afterward pronounced the sentence 
of death upon him. Becon, U. Sir*. 
pill-tile (pil'til), n. A metal plate having M-ini- 
cylindrical grooves upon its upper surface, pre- 
senting a series of upwardly projecting edges. 
It Is used with a correspondingly grooved roller to cut a 
small roll of prepared material into equal parts, which are 
subsequently rounded into pill-. Reepilf*. 
pill-willet (pil'wil'et), H. [Imitative.] The 
willet, Nymplicmia semipalmata. Also trill-iril- 
pill-worm (pil'werm), . A gally-wonn or thou- 
sand-legs; a pill-milleped. See Glomerida. 
pillwort (pil wert), i. A plant of the genus 
I'ilularia ; especially, P. globulifera, the cm-p- 
ing pillwort of Europe : named from the pellet- 
like involucres containing the fruit. 
pilniewink (pil'ni-wingk), n. See pinyirinl.l< . 
She shall avouch what It was that she hath given to the 
wretch Dryfcndale, or the pilnieteinln and tliumlilklnl shall 
wrench It out of her finger-Joints. Scott, Abbot, xxxll. 
Piloboleae (pi-l<vivi('-e), . /'. [NL., < ///..- 
bolu + -eep.~\ A sm;ill siilifiunily of phyrn- 
mycotous fungi of the family Mucoructx, hav- 
ing many-spored sporangia. 
