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willy

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Willow  \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}  (Zo["o]l.)  the  blue  tit.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  {Willow  fly}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  greenish  European  stone  fly 
  ({Chloroperla  viridis});  --  called  also  {yellow  Sally}. 
 
  {Willow  gall}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  conical,  scaly  gall  produced  on 
  willows  by  the  larva  of  a  small  dipterous  fly  ({Cecidomyia 
  strobiloides}). 
 
  {Willow  grouse}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  white  ptarmigan.  See 
  {ptarmigan}. 
 
  {Willow  lark}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  sedge  warbler.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  {Willow  ptarmigan}  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  variety  of  the  veery,  or 
  Wilson's  thrush.  See  {Veery}. 
 
  {Willow  warbler}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  very  small  European  warbler 
  ({Phylloscopus  trochilus});  --  called  also  {bee  bird}, 
  {haybird},  {golden  wren},  {pettychaps},  {sweet  William}, 
  {Tom  Thumb},  and  {willow  wren}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Willy  \Wil"ly\,  n.  [Cf.  {Willow}.] 
  1.  A  large  wicker  basket.  [Prov.  Eng.]  --Halliwell. 
 
  2.  (Textile  Manuf.)  Same  as  1st  {Willow},  2.