694. _male_, bag; cf. E. _mail_-bag.

_pilwebeer_, pillow-case. Cf. Low. G. _büren_, a case (for a pillow), Icel.

_ver_, Dan. _vaar_, a cover for a pillow. The form _pillow-bear_ occurs as

a Cheshire word as late as 1782; N. and Q. 6 S. xii. 217.

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