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  1. Pillow
    Pillow is a borough in Dauphin County Pennsylvania, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. pillow
    [n] - a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person 2. [v] - rest on or as if on a pillow, of one`s head
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Pillow
    Pil'low noun [ Middle English pilwe , Anglo-Saxon pyle , from Latin pilvinus .] 1. Anything used to support the head of a person when reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers, down, hair, or other soft material. « [ Resty sloth] finds the down pillow hard.» Shak. 2. (Machinery) A piece of metal or wood, formin ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/88

  4. Pillow
    Pil'low transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pillowed ; present participle & verbal noun Pillowing .] To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support; as, to pillow the head. « Pillows his chin upon an orient wave.» Milton.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/88

  5. pillow
    1. Anything used to support the head of a person when reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers, down, hair, or other soft material. '[Resty sloth] finds the down pillow hard.' (Shak) ... 2. <machinery> A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block. ... 3. A block under the inner end o ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. pillow
    noun a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. Pillow
    A `pillow` is a large cushion support for the head, usually used while sleeping in a bed, or for the body as used on a couch or chair. There are also throw pillows (also called toss pillows), which are pillows that are purely decorative and not designed for support or comfort. Outside the USA these are generally considered a type of cushion, with the term `pillow` reserved for the pillows on a bed. There also exist `novelty pillows`, (which can...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillow

  8. Pillow
    • (n.) A kind of plain, coarse fustian. • (v. t.) To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support; as, to pillow the head. • (n.) Anything used to support the head of a person when reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers, down, hair, or other soft material. • (n.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a suppo...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning


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23 November 2009

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At sixteen minutes past five on 23rd November 1963, a British television institution was born. Doctor Who would go on to become the longest-running science-fiction programme in the world, eventually spawning twenty six seasons of adventures from 1963 to 1989. In total, eight actors have played the part of Gallifrey's most famous Time Lord. From the very first - William Hartnell in 1963 - to the very last - Paul McGann, in the 1996 TV Movie - the Doctor has wandered through time and space in his trusty time machine, an old type-40 TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space). Although appearing to be nothing more than a battered blue police box, it is in fact vastly bigger on the inside than on the outside, and always departs with its familiar wheezing, groaning sound. read more

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