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Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. billows

    The surges of the sea, or waves raised by the wind; a term more in use among poets than seamen.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of billows in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of billows in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of billows in a Sentence

  1. Caleb Vaichaus:

    I saw black billows of smoke, i could see flames coming up from Trumpf Manufacturing and as I got closer, I got pieces of fuselage, metal strewn throughout Farmington Avenue.

  2. Goethe:

    Talents are best nurtured in solitude; character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.

  3. Johann von Goethe:

    Talents are best nurtured in solitude character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.

  4. Johan Wolfgang von Goethe:

    Talents are best nurtured in solitude; but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.

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