Definition of willow

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Willow (v. t.) To open and cleanse, as cotton, flax, or wool, by means of a willow. See Willow, n., 2..

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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..
Willowy :: Willowy (a.) Resembling a willow; pliant; flexible; pendent; drooping; graceful.
Willowy :: Willowy (a.) Abounding with willows.
Willow-wort :: Willow-wort (n.) Any plant of the order Salicaceae, or the Willow family..
Whipper :: Whipper (n.) A kind of simple willow.
Willy :: Willy (n.) Same as 1st Willow, 2..
Tumbril :: Tumbril (n.) A kind of basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep..
Willying :: Willying (n.) The process of cleansing wool, cotton, or the like, with a willy, or willow..
Catkin :: Catkin (n.) An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the chestnut, oak, hickory, etc. -- so called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. See Illust. of Ament..
Salix :: Salix (n.) A tree or shrub of any kind of willow.
Willower :: Willower (n.) A willow. See Willow, n., 2..
Withy :: Withy (n.) The osier willow (Salix viminalis). See Osier, n. (a)..
Ovenbird :: Ovenbird (n.) In England, sometimes applied to the willow warbler, and to the long-tailed titmouse..
Water Willow :: Water willow () An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers..
Pollard :: Pollard (v. t.) To lop the tops of, as trees; to poll; as, to pollard willows..
Onagrarieous :: Onagrarieous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Onagraceae or Onagrarieae), which includes the fuchsia, the willow-herb (Epilobium), and the evening primrose (/nothera)..
Canister :: Canister (n.) A small basket of rushes, reeds, or willow twigs, etc..
Pettychaps :: Pettychaps (n.) Any one of several species of small European singing birds of the subfamily Sylviinae, as the willow warbler, the chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis)..
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..
Willow-wort :: Willow-wort (n.) Same as Willow-weed.
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