BILLOW Bil"low, n. Etym: [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.
BILLOW
Bil"low, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Billowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Billowing.]
Defn: To surge; to rise and roll in waves or surges; to undulate.
"The billowing snow." Prior.
BILLOWY
Bil"low*y, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to billows; swelling or swollen into large waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows. And whitening down the many-tinctured stream, Descends the billowy foam. Thomson.
BILLPOSTER; BILLSTICKER
Bill"post`er, Bill"stick"er, n.
Defn: One whose occupation is to post handbills or posters in public places.
BILLY
Bil"ly, n.