英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Willingly
(adv.)
In a willing manner; with free will; without
reluctance; cheerfully.
Willingness
(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.
Williwaw
(n.)
Alt. of Willywaw
Willock
(n.)
The common guillemot.
Willock
(n.)
The puffin.
Willow
(n.)
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.)
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.)
To open and cleanse, as cotton, flax, or wool, by means
of a willow. See Willow, n., 2.
Willow-herb
(n.)
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.
Willow-thorn
(n.)
A thorny European shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides)
resembling a willow.
Willow-weed
(n.)
A European species of loosestrife (Lysimachia
vulgaris).
Willow-weed
(n.)
Any kind of Polygonum with willowlike foliage.
Willow-wort
(n.)
Same as Willow-weed.
Willow-wort
(n.)
Any plant of the order Salicaceae, or the Willow
family.
Willowed
(a.)
Abounding with willows; containing willows; covered or
overgrown with willows.
Willower
(n.)
A willow. See Willow, n., 2.
Willowish
(a.)
Having the color of the willow; resembling the willow;
willowy.
Willowy
(a.)
Abounding with willows.
Willowy
(a.)
Resembling a willow; pliant; flexible; pendent; drooping;
graceful.
Willsome
(a.)
Willful; obstinate.