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Willow :: 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..

Plight :: Plight (n.) Condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight..

Plight :: Plight (n.) To promise; to engage; to betroth.

Lamplighter :: Lamplighter (n.) One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps..

Espousal :: Espousal (n.) The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the plural, betrothal; plighting of the troths; a contract of marriage; sometimes, the marriage ceremony..

Spill :: Spill (n.) A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc..

How :: How (adv.) In what state, condition, or plight..

Conjuncture :: Conjuncture (n.) A crisis produced by a combination of circumstances; complication or combination of events or circumstances; plight resulting from various conditions.

Trothplighted :: Trothplighted (a.) Having fidelity pledged.

Plight :: Plight () imp. & p. p. of Pluck.

Forlorn :: Forlorn (v. t.) Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate.

Unplight :: Unplight (v. t.) To unfold; to lay open; to explain.

Plighting :: Plighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pligh.

Lamplighter :: Lamplighter (n.) The calico bass.

Plight :: Plight (v. t.) To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.

Lamplight :: Lamplight (n.) Light from a lamp.

Trothplight :: Trothplight (a.) Betrothed; espoused; affianced.

Pledge :: Pledge (n.) To give or pass as a security; to guarantee; to engage; to plight; as, to pledge one's word and honor..

Plyght :: Plyght (v. & n.) See Plight.

Well-plighted :: Well-plighted (a.) Being well folded.

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