Definition of Wilow
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"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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
WILLOW. Poor, and of no reputation. To wear the willow;
to be abandoned by a lover or mistress.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix, in the willow family Salicaceae, found primarily on moist soils in cooler zones in the northern hemisphere.
- (cricket) (colloquial) A cricket bat
- (baseball) (slang) an 1800s baseball term meaning the bat
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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