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Definition of Billowing
1. Adjective. Characterized by great swelling waves or surges. "Surging waves"
Definition of Billowing
1. Verb. (present participle of billow) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Billowing
1. billow [v] - See also: billow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Billowing
Literary usage of Billowing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"... dreadful scenes behold, On burning surges burning surges roll'd, The sheets
of fire far billowing o'er the brine, While I my thunder to thy sons resign. ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"... over the agony of Caillou Bay, the billowing tide rushed unresisted from the
Gulf, tearing and swallowing the land in its course, plowing out deep-sea ..."
3. Gids Voor Moderne Architectuur in Nederland by Paul Groenendijk, Piet Vollaard, Piet Rook (1998)
"The billowing apses are clad on the outside with untreated iroko wood; ...
Given the blue of she billowing walls and their exposure so daylight, ..."
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