Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Billow (-s, -'s)
billow (-s, -'s), n. [ON.] (webplay: sea, wave, wind).
- Swell; surge; puff; undulation; sweeping force; wave in something other than water.
- Tumult; upheaval; movement; turmoil; slow but powerful motion.
- Curl; bulge; current; swell on the ocean; running ridge of sea water; (see Jonah 2:3).
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