No spouts of blood run willing from a tree.
Dryden.
Will"ing*ly, adv. In a willing manner; with free will; without
reluctance; cheerfully. Chaucer.
The condition of that people is not so much to be envied as some would
willingly represent it.
Addison.
Will"ing*ness, n. 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.
Sweet is the love which comes with willingness.
Dryden.
{ Wil"li*waw, Wil"ly*waw } (?), n. (Naut.) A whirlwind, or whirlwind
squall, encountered in the Straits of Magellan. W. C. Russell.
Wil"lock (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The common guillemot. (b) The puffin.
[Prov. Eng.]
Will"-o'-the-wisp` (?), n. See Ignis fatuus.
Wil"low (?), n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin to OD.
wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. Willy.]
1. (Bot.) 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.
And I must wear the willow garland For him that's dead or false to me.
Campbell.
2. (Textile Manuf.) 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.
Almond willow, Pussy willow, Weeping willow. (Bot.) See under Almond,
Pussy, and Weeping. — Willow biter (Zoöl.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.] —
Willow fly (Zoöl.), a greenish European stone fly (Chloroperla
viridis); — called also yellow Sally. — Willow gall (Zoöl.), a conical,
scaly gall produced on willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly
(Cecidomyia strobiloides). — Willow grouse (Zoöl.), the white
ptarmigan. See ptarmigan. — Willow lark (Zoöl.), the sedge warbler.
[Prov. Eng.] — Willow ptarmigan (Zoöl.) (a) The European reed bunting,
or black-headed bunting. See under Reed. (b) A sparrow (Passer
salicicolus) native of Asia, Africa, and Southern Europe. — Willow tea,
the prepared leaves of a species of willow largely grown in the
neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively used by the poorer classes of
Chinese as a substitute for tea. McElrath. — Willow thrush (Zoöl.), a
variety of the veery, or Wilson's thrush. See Veery. — Willow warbler
(Zoöl.), a very small European warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus); —
called also bee bird, haybird, golden wren, pettychaps, sweet William,
Tom Thumb, and willow wren.
Wil"low (?), v. t. To open and cleanse, as cotton, flax, or wool, by
means of a willow. See Willow, n., 2.
Wil"lowed (?), a. Abounding with willows; containing willows; covered
or overgrown with willows. "Willowed meads." Collins.
Wil"low*er (?), n. A willow. See Willow, n., 2.
Wil"low-herb` (?), n. (Bot.) 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.
Spiked willow-herb, a perennial herb (Lythrum Salicaria) with willowy
leaves and spiked purplish flowers.
Wil"low*ish, a. Having the color of the willow; resembling the willow;
willowy. Walton.
Wil"low-thorn` (?), n. (Bot.) A thorny European shrub (Hippophaë
rhamnoides) resembling a willow.
Wil"low-weed` (?), n. (Bot.) (a) A European species of loosestrife
(Lysimachia vulgaris). (b) Any kind of Polygonum with willowlike
foliage.
Wil"low-wort` (?), n. (Bot.) (a) Same as Willow-weed. (b) Any plant of
the order Salicaceæ, or the Willow family.
Wil"low*y (?), a. 1. Abounding with willows.
Where willowy Camus lingers with delight.
Gray.