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- English Word Willing Definition Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in mind; not choosing to refuse; disposed; not averse; desirous; consenting; complying; ready.
- English Word Willing Definition Received of choice, or without reluctance; submitted to voluntarily; chosen; desired.
- English Word Willing Definition Spontaneous; self-moved.
- English Word Willingly Definition In a willing manner; with free will; without reluctance; cheerfully.
- English Word Willingness Definition The quality or state of being willing; free choice or consent of the will; freedom from reluctance; readiness of the mind to do or forbear.
- English Word Williwaw Definition Alt. of Willywaw
- English Word Willock Definition The common guillemot.
- English Word Willock Definition The puffin.
- English Word Willow Definition 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.
- English Word Willow Definition 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.
- English Word Willow Definition To open and cleanse, as cotton, flax, or wool, by means of a willow. See Willow, n., 2.
- English Word Willow-herb Definition 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.
- English Word Willow-thorn Definition A thorny European shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides) resembling a willow.
- English Word Willow-weed Definition A European species of loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris).
- English Word Willow-weed Definition Any kind of Polygonum with willowlike foliage.
- English Word Willow-wort Definition Same as Willow-weed.
- English Word Willow-wort Definition Any plant of the order Salicaceae, or the Willow family.
- English Word Willowed Definition Abounding with willows; containing willows; covered or overgrown with willows.
- English Word Willower Definition A willow. See Willow, n., 2.
- English Word Willowish Definition Having the color of the willow; resembling the willow; willowy.
- English Word Willowy Definition Abounding with willows.
- English Word Willowy Definition Resembling a willow; pliant; flexible; pendent; drooping; graceful.
- English Word Willsome Definition Willful; obstinate.
- English Word Willsome Definition Fat; indolent.
- English Word Willsome Definition Doubtful; uncertain.
- English Word Willy Definition A large wicker basket.
- English Word Willy Definition Same as 1st Willow, 2.
- English Word Willy nilly Definition See Will I, nill I, etc., under 3d Will.
- English Word Willying Definition The process of cleansing wool, cotton, or the like, with a willy, or willow.
- English Word Willywaw Definition A whirlwind, or whirlwind squall, encountered in the Straits of Magellan.