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