Definition of Billaw
Bil"low (&?;), n. [Cf. Icel. bylgja
billow, Dan. bölge, Sw. bölja; akin to MHG.
bulge billow, bag, and to E. bulge. See Bulge.]
1. A great wave or surge of the sea or other water,
caused usually by violent wind.
Whom the winds waft where'er the billows roll.
Cowper.
2. A great wave or flood of anything.
Milton.
Bil"low, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Billowed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n.
Billowing.] To surge; to rise and roll in waves or surges; to
undulate. "The billowing snow." Prior.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A large wave, swell, surge, or undulating mass of water, smoke or sound
- To surge or roll in billows
- To swell out or bulge
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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