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Willow
n.
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Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. "A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight." Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow.
Willow
n.
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A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil.
Willow
v. t.
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To open and cleanse, as cotton, flax, or wool, by means of a willow. See Willow, n., 2.
Willowed
a.
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Abounding with willows; containing willows; covered or overgrown with willows.
Willower
n.
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A willow. See Willow, n., 2.
Willow-herb
n.
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A perennial herb (Epilobium spicatum) with narrow willowlike leaves and showy rose-purple flowers. The name is sometimes made to include other species of the same genus.
Willowish
a.
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Having the color of the willow; resembling the willow; willowy.
Willow-thorn
n.
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A thorny European shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides) resembling a willow.
Willow-weed
n.
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A European species of loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris).
Willow-weed
n.
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Any kind of Polygonum with willowlike foliage.
Willow-wort
n.
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Same as Willow-weed.
Willow-wort
n.
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Any plant of the order Salicaceae, or the Willow family.
Willowy
a.
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Abounding with willows.
Willowy
a.
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Resembling a willow; pliant; flexible; pendent; drooping; graceful.
Willsome
a.
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Willful; obstinate.
Willsome
a.
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Fat; indolent.
Willsome
a.
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Doubtful; uncertain.
Willy
n.
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A large wicker basket.
Willy
n.
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Same as 1st Willow, 2.
Willying
n.
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The process of cleansing wool, cotton, or the like, with a willy, or willow.
Willy nilly
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See Will I, nill I, etc., under 3d Will.
Wilne
v. t.
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To wish; to desire.
Wilt
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2d pers. sing. of Will.
Wilting
imp. & p. p.
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of Wilt
Wilt
v. i.
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To begin to wither; to lose freshness and become flaccid, as a plant when exposed when exposed to drought, or to great heat in a dry day, or when separated from its root; to droop;. to wither.
Wilt
v. t.
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To cause to begin to wither; to make flaccid, as a green plant.
Wilt
v. t.
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Hence, to cause to languish; to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of.
Wilton carpet
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A kind of carpet woven with loops like the Brussels, but differing from it in having the loops cut so as to form an elastic velvet pile; -- so called because made originally at Wilton, England.
Wilwe
n.
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Willow.
Wily
superl.
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Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle.