PILLOW (O. Eng. pylu;

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• LAT

Lat. pulvinus, a

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• CUSHION (from O. Fr. coisson, coussin; according to the New English Dict., from Lat. coxa, a hip; others say from Lat. culcita, a quilt)

cushion)  ;a support for the head during sleep or rest . The pillow of Western nations is a cushion of linen or other material, stuffed with feathers, down, hair or wool . In the East it is a framework made of bamboo or rattan with a depression in the top to receive the neck; similarly blocks of wood with a concave-shaped top are used by the natives of other countries . The word is found in various technical uses for a block or support, as for a brass bearing for the journal of a shaft, and the like . In architecture the term " pillowed," or pulvinated," is given to the frieze of an order which bulges out in the centre and is convex in section . It is found in friezes of some of the later works of the Roman school and is common in Italian practice .