Definition of osier

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Osier (n.) A kind of willow (Salix viminalis) growing in wet places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North America. It is considered the best of the willows for basket work. The name is sometimes given to any kind of willow..

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Roser :: Roser (n.) A rosier; a rosebush.
Withe :: Withe (n.) A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy..
Hurdle :: Hurdle (n.) A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes..
Cornel :: Cornel (n.) Any species of the genus Cornus, as C. florida, the flowering cornel; C. stolonifera, the osier cornel; C. Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or bunchberry..
Clayes :: Clayes (n. pl.) Wattles, or hurdles, made with stakes interwoven with osiers, to cover lodgments..
Crosier :: Crosier (n.) The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God..
Kipe :: Kipe (n.) An osier basket used for catching fish.
Wickerwork :: Wickerwork (n.) A texture of osiers, twigs, or rods; articles made of such a texture..
Wicker :: Wicker (n.) A small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork and the like; a withe.
Cosier :: Cosier (n.) A tailor who botches his work.
Hoosier :: Hoosier (n.) A nickname given to an inhabitant of the State of Indiana.
Osier :: Osier (n.) A kind of willow (Salix viminalis) growing in wet places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North America. It is considered the best of the willows for basket work. The name is sometimes given to any kind of willow..
Osiery :: Osiery (n.) An osier bed.
Wicker :: Wicker (a.) Made of, or covered with, twigs or osiers, or wickerwork..
Worsted :: Worsted (n.) Well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been combed to lay the fibers parallel, used for carpets, cloth, hosiery, gloves, and the like..
Kinnikinic :: Kinnikinic (n.) Prepared leaves or bark of certain plants; -- used by the Indians of the Northwest for smoking, either mixed with tobacco or as a substitute for it. Also, a plant so used, as the osier cornel (Cornus stolonijra), and the bearberry (Arctostaphylus Uva-ursi)..
Line :: Line (n.) A series of various qualities and values of the same general class of articles; as, a full line of hosiery; a line of merinos, etc..
Basket :: Basket (n.) A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven..
Withe-rod :: Withe-rod (n.) A North American shrub (Viburnum nudum) whose tough osierlike shoots are sometimes used for binding sheaves.
Hosiery :: Hosiery (n.) Stockings, in general; goods knit or woven like hose..
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