Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BIL'LOW
BIL'LOW, n. [Dan. bölge; Sw. bölja, a swell, or rolling swell, allied to bilge, bulge.]
A great wave or surge of the sea, occasioned usually by violent wind. It can hardly be applied to the waves of a river, unless in poetry, or when the river is very large.
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