n. [ Cf. Icel. bylgja billow, Dan. bölge, Sw. bölja; akin to MHG. bulge billow, bag, and to E. bulge. See Bulge. ]
Whom the winds waft where'er the billows roll. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
adj. [ p. pr. & vb. n. of billow, verb ]
a. Of or pertaining to billows; swelling or swollen into large waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows. [ 1913 Webster ]
And whitening down the many-tinctured stream,
Descends the billowy foam. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]