2. Verb. (third-person singular of billow) ¹
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Definition of Billows
1. billow [v] - See also: billow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Billows
Literary usage of Billows
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outing (1893)
"The third day out nearly all recovered, and the rolling of the vessel on the dark
blue billows caused the giddy sensation no longer. ..."
2. Beacon Lights of Patriotism: Or, Historic Incentives to Virtue and Good by Henry Beebee Carrington (1894)
"SEPARATE AS billows, BUT ONE AS THE SEA. From Address by Senator ALEXANDER
STEPHENS, at Washington, upon the unveiling of Carpenter's picture representing ..."
3. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India. : An Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1776)
"... the billows grey Foam round: Fair Doto, fir'd with rage divine, Darts through
the wave, and onward o'er the brine The f lovely Nyfe and Nerine ..."
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