billowing

billowing

1. present participle and gerund of billow

billowing (plural billowings)

1. The act of something that billows; a billow.
   • 1839, Western Literary Institute and College of Professional Teachers, Transactions, volume 8, page 59:

     The Bible is full of passages designed to meet and relieve those billowings and heavings of the soul, but without a devotional spirit such passages can never be appreciated or comprehended.