plllowed

[Eng. pillow; -ed.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Provided with a pillow or pillows. 2 Resting or reclining on a pillow. "Pillowed on buckler cold and hard." Scott: Lay of the Last Minstrel, i. 4. II. Arch .: A term applied to a rounded frieze. Cailed also pulvinated. 3121 soft. ( Keats : I stood on tiptoe , 178.) pill-wõrm, s . [Eng. pill , and worm .] A popular name for a milleped. [PILL-BUG.] pill-wõrt, s . [Eng. pill , and wort .] Bot .: The genus Pilular i a (q. v.). pil'-nie-winks, s . pl . [PINNYWINKLES.] pi-lo-car-pě-æ, s. pl . [Mod. Lat. pilocarp (us); IMG:content-1082.jpg:[blocks in formation] II. Botany : I. Ordinary Language: 1. Literally: *(1) One of the ship's crew whose duty is to take charge of the helm, and steer the ship; a helmsman, a steersman. "Pa engers in a ship always submit to their pilot's discretion."- South: Sermons, vol. x., ser. 5. (2) In the same sense as II. 1. 2. Fig .: A guide, a director; one who directs the conduct of any person or undertaking. "O Lord, the pilot's part perform." II. Technically : Cowper: Olney Hymns, xxxvii. 1. Naut .: One who, being properly qualified by experience, and having pa ed certain examinations, is appointed by the competent authority to conduct ships into or out of harbor or along particular coasts, channels, ., at a certain fixed rate, depending on the draught of the ve el and distance. The pilot has the entire charge of the ve el in the pilot's water and is solely responsible for her safety. 2. Rail .- eng .: A cow-catcher (q.v.). ( U. S.) pilot-balloon, subst . A small balloon sent up to ascertain the strength and direction of the wind. pilot-bird, s. 1. A bird found about the Caribbean Islands. 2. The black-bellied plover.