Billows

name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of billow form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of billow form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    plural of Billow form-of, plural

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balloonbagballoonbe poisedbellybelly out

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"East, West and squally South-west, with a roar, / swoop down on Ocean, and the surf and sand / mix in dark eddies, and the watery floor / heave from its depths, and roll huge billows to the shore. / Then come the creak of cables and the cries / of seamen."

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