2. A great wave or flood of anything. Milton.

Bil"low, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Billowed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Billowing.] To surge; to rise and roll in waves or surges; to undulate. "The billowing snow." Prior.

Bil"low*y (&?;), a. 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.

{ Bill"post`er (&?;), Bill"stick"er (&?;), } n. One whose occupation is to post handbills or posters in public places.

Bil"ly (&?;), n. 1. A club; esp., a policeman's club.

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