As nouns the difference between pillow and killow
is that pillow is a soft cushion used to support the head in bed while killow is an old unit of measure for grain, used in constantinople or killow can be an earth of a blackish or deep blue colour.
As a verb pillow
is to rest as on a pillow.
pillow
Noun
(
en noun)
A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
(geology) A pillow lava.
(engineering) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.
(nautical) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
Derived terms
* pillow-biter
* pillow block
* pillow case
* pillow fight
* pillowing
* pillow lace
* pillow lava
* pillow sham
* pillowy
Verb
(
en verb)
To rest as on a pillow.
* 1942': She had '''pillowed her head on her arm — Rebecca West, ''Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 815-6)
killow
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(
en noun)
An old unit of measure for grain, used in Constantinople.
Etymology 2
English dialect (kollow) the smut or grime on the backs of chimneys.
Noun
An earth of a blackish or deep blue colour.
- (Woodward)
