willown.
/ˈwɪləʊ/, U.S. /ˈwɪloʊ/ I.
1.
a. Any plant of the genus Salix, which consists of trees and shrubs of various sizes, widely distributed in temperate and cold regions, growing for the most part by the side of watercourses, characterized by very pliant branches and long narrow drooping leaves, and valued economically as furnishing osiers, a light smooth and soft wood, or a medicinal astringent bark, or grown ornamentally by the side of water.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > willow and allies > [noun] > willow
sallowa700
willowa750
withy961
withec1340
saugh1368
yolster1387
willow-treec1425
wailea1510
wrig1564
seal1579
sallow withe1657
wilger1682
werg1707
sollar1733
salix1775
fen-oak1886
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants cultivated or valued for their many uses > [noun] > trees or shrubs having many uses > willow
willowa750
withy961
osierc1175
withenc1230
withec1340
yolster1387
willow-treec1425
osier tree1500
wailea1510
wrig1564
spert1578
seal1579
siler1607
palm-withy1609
sallow withe1657
gelster1670
wilger1682
osier willow1693
werg1707
weeping willow1731
sollar1733
salix1775
red osier1807
mourning willow1813
palm willow1869
fen-oak1886
bat-willow1907
cricket bat willow1907
sedge-willow1908
α.
β. c1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 163 Sauz [glossed wytie; Camb. MS. wilwe; All Souls MS. withe or wilghe].c1340 Nominale (Skeat) 659 Sauce..Welew.c1386 Chaucer Knight's Tale 2064 Wylugh [v.rr. Wylow, Wylw, Willow].a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 365 At Glyndalkan..wilewys bereþ apples as it were appel treen.14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 716/19 Hec salix, a welogh.1426 Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 15178 Som whilwh ful off levys grene.c1450 Cokwolds Daunce x, in Hartshorne Anc. Metr. T. (1829) 212 Garland of wylos sculd be fette, And sett vpon his hed.1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. b.vv A christalline ryuer garnished wyth wyllowse.1637 Milton Comus 30 By the rushie fringed banke, Where growes the willow and the osier dancke.1730 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons 110 The breeze among the bending willows play'd.1785 W. Cowper Task i. 268 The willows dip Their pendent boughs, stooping as if to drink.1818 Keats Endymion i. 5 While the willow trails Its delicate amber.1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn ii The old willows by the river.a750 Blickl. Glosses in Old Eng. Texts 123 In salicibus, on welgum.
c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 156 Weliges leaf wylle on wætere.
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxxxvi[i]. 2 In þe wylghes in þe myddis of hit.
c1400 tr. Secr. Secr., Gov. Lordsh. 81 Þat he haue weleyghes and myrt.
14.. Liber pauperum in MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, lf. 295 (Hall.) Tak the bark of wilghe that is bitwene the tre and the utter barke.
1473 in C. Rogers Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1879) I. 178 Plantation of willeis.
1483 Cath. Angl. 418/1 A Wylght [sic], salix.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Lev. xxiii. 40 Wyllies of the broke.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xliv. A The Willies by the waters side.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 43 A Wilfe tree that groweth in the hedge of the Bramblehill bottomes.
b. The wood or osiers of any tree of this genus.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > willow
willow1490
1490 Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxiv. 517 He..toke the balke..as lightly as it had be som pece of welowe.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 491 Willowes..Whereof..there be Baskets made.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 15 The pressure of the external air will then force the mercury through the pores of the hazel or willow.
c. in allusive use with reference to pliability.
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [noun] > compliancy > person(s)
compliant1655
complier1660
living doll1785
willow1832
1832 Macaulay Burleigh & his Times in Ess. ⁋4 Burleigh, like the old Marquess of Winchester, who preceded him in the custody of the White Staff, was of the willow, and not of the oak.
1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 183 I am a willow of the wilderness, Loving the wind that bent me.
1910 J. D. Moffat Paul & Paulinism 24 Barnabas was of the willow rather than of the oak order.
d. Taken as a symbol of grief for unrequited love or the loss of a mate; esp. in phr. to wear (the) willow, to wear the willow garland (see Compounds 2e), or to wear the green willow: to grieve for the loss of a loved one.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lamentation or expression of grief for death > express grief for death [verb (intransitive)]
mourna1382
to wear (the) willow1584
1584 J. Lyly Sapho & Phao ii. iv Peace miserable wretch, enioy thy care in couert, weare willow in thy hatte, and baies in thy hart.
1597 N. Breton Wit's Trenchmour in Wks. (1879) II. 20 Some dolefull Ballad, to the tune of all a greene willow.
1600 Shakespeare Merchant of Venice v. i. 10 In such a night stoode Dido with a willow in her hand vpon the wilde sea banks. View more context for this quotation
1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. K3v Bring me a crowne of gold to crowne my loue, A wreath of willow for dispised Grissill.
a1616 Shakespeare Othello (1623) iv. iii. 49 Sing all a greene Willough must be my Garland.
1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour v. i. sig. K1v King, by your leave, I have wip'd your royall nose...You may cry willow, willow.
1640 J. Fletcher & J. Shirley Night-walker i. sig. B2v We see your willow and are sorry fort.
1668 Dryden Secret-love v. i. 52 If you had not forsaken me, I had you: so the Willows may flourish for any branches I shall rob 'em of.
1678 T. D'Urfey Fool turn'd Critick ii. ii. 19 Lady A...so that for his sake I quitted all the rest. Pen. And left them Willowes.
1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week iv. 134 Nor shall she crown'd with willow die a maid.
1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 1080 The old saying, ‘She is in her willows’..implies the mourning of a female for her lost mate.
1885 K. S. Macquoid At Red Glove vi. i There's..Marie..wearing the willow because..Engemann is away courting Madam Carouge.
2.
a. Extended, with qualification, to plants of other genera having some resemblance to the willow: see quots.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > willow and allies > [noun] > plant resembling
willow1548
1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. D.iiijv Halimus..may be called in englishe sea wyllowe or prickwylowe because it hath the leaues of a wylowe and prickes lyke a thorne.
1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1228 Gaule, sweete Willow, or Dutch Myrtle tree.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 331 Willow, Spiked, of Theophrastus, Spiræa.
1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. Roman Willow, a garden plant, Syringa cœruleo flore.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Willow... Golden. A Madeira name for Genista scoparia...—, Primrose. A West Indian name for Œnothera.
1875 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Suppl. Willow, Australian. Geijera parviflora. —, Water, of the United States. Dianthera americana.
1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 306 Acacia calamifolia, Willow, or Broom Wattle.
b. With qualification bay, flowering, French, Persian: the willow-herb n., Epilobium angustifolium.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Onagraceae (willow-herbs) > [noun]
willow-herb1578
bindweed nightshade1597
enchanter's nightshade1597
rosebay1597
willow1597
French willow1601
willow-flower1633
rose withy1650
codlings-and-cream1670
willow weed1741
gooseberry fool1785
epilobium1809
onagrad1846
cherry-pie1857
apple pie plant1858
slink-weed1858
fiddle-grass1878
epilobe1883
satin flower1891
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 388 Chamænerium is called of Gesnerus, Epilobion: in English Bay Willow.
1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. iii. 312 French Willow.
1857 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. II. 280 E[pilobium] angustifolium (Rose Bay, or Flowering Willow).
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Willow..Persian, Epilobium angustifolium.
II. † 3. = willy n.1 2. Obs.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fish-trap > [noun] > basket
bow-neta1000
leapc1000
weel1256
willow1385
pichea1398
cruive14..
creel1457
coop1469
butt1533
hive1533
wilger1542
fish-pota1555
pota1555
loup1581
leap weel1601
willy1602
putt1610
leap-head1611
weir1611
putcher1781
fish-coop1803
fishing box1861
crib1873
1385–6 City of London Rec., Pleas & Mem. Rolls Roll 27 A m. 28 (MS.) Grant destruccion de pesson par engyns appeles Wilwes.
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xviii. i. sig. Yiij For flesshe rostyd crabbes come in to wylowes [Add. MS. wyles] & pytches.
a1555 J. Philpot tr. C. S. Curione Def. Authority Christ's Church in R. Eden Exam. & Writings J. Philpot (1842) (modernized text) 385 Many unclean and damnable persons is contained in this church, which we behold as it were fishes of all sorts in a fisher's trunk or willo.
4. = willy n.1 3.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > [noun] > separating or cleaning > separating or cleaning with machine > machine
picker1795
wool-mill1819
blowing-machine1835
willow1835
willy1835
twilly1858
blower1867
wilger1871
shake willey1875
wolf1875
1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 164 Blowing and lapping machines..are universally employed for cleaning and opening cotton after it has passed through the willow.
1877–80 Gazette Industr. Great Brit. I. 229 The conical self-acting willow, invented by Mr. Lillie, of Manchester.
1891 R. Marsden Cotton Spinning (ed. 4) 85 The spikes on the cylinder and casing of the willow.
5. A cricket-bat (made of willow-wood). Similarly, the bat at baseball. Cf. King Willow n. at king n. Compounds 4b.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > equipment
willow1846
baseball1853
bat1856
baseball bat1858
base bag1863
baseball glove1884
apple1902
rabbit ball1907
joystick1908
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > equipment > [noun] > bat
cricket-staff?1575
cricket bat1622
bat1706
willow1846
willow weapon1850
driver1883
1846 J. Martin in Frederick Lillywhite's Cricket Scores & Biographies (1863) III. 442 And now the ‘willow’ see them wield.
1866 J. S. Le Fanu All in Dark xxxiv He handles the willow pretty well.
1869 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 639 I had my turn at the ‘willow’.
1876 in C. Box Eng. Game Cricket (1877) 414 Willow the King is a monarch grand, Three in a row his courtiers stand.
Compounds
C1. With qualification denoting a particular species or variety of the genus Salix: see quots. and almond willow n. at almond n. and adj. Compounds 3, crack-willow n., goat willow n. at goat n. and adj. Compounds 3a, ground-willow n. at ground n. Compounds 2c, rose willow n., sage-willow n. at sage n.1 Compounds 2, sallow willow n. at sallow n. Compounds 1, stake willow n. at stake n.1 Compounds 2, swamp willow n. at swamp n. Compounds 6, sweet willow n. at sweet adj. and adv. Compounds 2, weeping willow n. Cf. osier n. and adj. and sallow n.
Babylonian willow n.
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1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 202 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Weeping and drooping trees... Babylonian willow (Salix Babylonica).
basket willow n.
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1859 W. Darlington & G. Thurber Amer. Weeds & Useful Plants 328 S[alix] viminalis..Osier. Basket Willow.
bay-leaved willow n.
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1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Salix The Bay-leav'd Sweet Willow.
Bedford willow n.
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1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 360/1 Salix Russelliana, Russell or Bedford willow.
bog willow n.
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1845–50 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. (new ed.) App. 161 Salix discolor (bog willow).
dwarf willow n.
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1650 W. How Phytologia Britannica 107 Salix angustifolia pumila; In uliginosis. Dwarf-Willow.
golden willow n.
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1857 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. V. 111 This species is sometimes called the Golden Willow (Salix chrysantha), on account of the beautiful golden catkins which in May and June ornament its boughs.
Kilmarnock willow n.
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1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 202 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Kilmarnock willow (Salix caprea, var. pendula).
purple willow n.
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1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 360/2 Salix purpurea, purple willow.
tree willow n.
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1842 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 10. 7 The tree willow (Salix caprea).
water willow n.
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1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1203 Salix aquatica. The Oziar, or water Willow.
whortle leaved willow n.
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1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 48 Salix myrsinites..Whortle leaved Willow.
yellow willow n.
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1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 360/2 Salix vitellina, the yellow willow.
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a. Simple attrib.
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willow band n.
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a1822 Shelley Cyclops in Posthumous Poems (1824) 339 My young lambs coupled two by two With willow bands.
willow bark n.
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1836 J. M. Gully tr. F. Magendie Formulary (ed. 2) 193 Willow-bark having been frequently employed against intermittent fevers.
willow bed n.
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1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Bimbrera A willow bed.
willow bottom n.
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1807 P. Gass Jrnls. 51 Passed a willow bottom on the south side, and a creek on the north.
1962 W. Stegner Wolf Willow i. i. 12 I see a black iron bridge, new, that evidently leads some new road off into the willow bottoms.
willow bush n.
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1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. ii. xvii. 344 It was bordered by a line of willow-bushes.
willow dust n.
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1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Layers Mould, mix'd with a little rotten Willow-dust.
willow gall n. (see gall n.3).
willow garth n.
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1812 Sporting Mag. 39 231 Trotting on to the small willow garth near Clifford [Yorkshire].
1857 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. V. 93 Osier-holts or Willow-garths, as such grounds are called in Yorkshire.
willow ground n.
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1608 Merry Deuill of Edmonton iii. ii Heere in the walke neere to the willow ground.
willow grove n.
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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Willow groue, salicetum.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 17 Meddowe, Wood Lande, and Wyllowe Groues.
1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 135 The wild willow-grove.
willow head n.
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1798 Act 38 Geo. III c. v. §2 Any Willow Heads, Loppings of Pollard or Doddard Trees.
willow hedge n.
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1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. Plate xxxi A protection of willow-hedge, raised by setting the stakes.
willow holt n.
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1832 Boston, Linc. etc. Herald 13 Nov. 4/3 Secreted in a willow holt..in Holland Fen.
willow hoop n.
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1697 J. Puckle New Dial. 18 Nor do We in England (as you [the Dutch]) want Willow Hoops from Hamburgh.
willow island n.
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1811 H. M. Brackenridge Jrnl. 6 Apr. in Views Louisiana (1814) 204 Having passed a small willow island.
willow rind n.
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1522 Worlde & Chylde (de Worde) (1909) sig. A.iii I can wystell you a fytte Syres in a whylowe ryne.
1806 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 5 He sits And warps the skep with willow rind.
willow row n.
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1586 W. Webbe tr. Virgil Aeglogue i, in Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. H.iij Greene willow rowes which Hiblæ bees doo reioice in.
willow shadow n.
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1827 J. Clare Shepherd's Cal. 56 To wash-pools, where the willow shadows lean.
willow swamp n.
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1901 H. Seebohm Birds of Siberia xiv. 125 This never-ending, almost impenetrable willow-swamp.
willow top n.
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1693 W. Congreve in Dryden tr. Juvenal Satires xi. 223 No bitter Willow Tops, have been its Food.
willow tribe n.
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1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 119 The farmer may have recourse to plants of the willow tribe for the forming of his hedges.
willow twig n.
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1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler ii. 62 Oh it is a great logger-headed Chub: Come, hang him upon that Willow twig . View more context for this quotation
1819 Scott Ivanhoe III. i. 26 It shore asunder, as it had been a willow twig, the tough and plaited handle of the mace.
willow walk n.
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1803 J. Palmer World as it Goes II. 14 The carriage entered a willow-walk, terminated by a small antique building.
1816 Scott Old Mortality ix, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 188 When you want me for breakfast, I will be found in the willow-walk by the river.
willow wand n.
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a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 82 With a willie wand thy skin was well scourged.
c1650 Robin Hood & Q. Kath. xxii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1888) III. v. 201 I'le cleave the willow wand.
1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green ii. 16 Clever Houghs like Willi-wands.
1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. xxiii As lithe they grow as any willow wand.
1810 Scott Lady of Lake v. 202 The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into axe and brand.
1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Fellowship of Ring i. iii. 80 I shall be as thin as a willow-wand.
willow withe n.
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1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 292 The goodman..from a corner nigh Took up some willow-withes.
willow wood n.
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1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) I. i. 4 The charcoal of willow-wood is preferred, by many, for the manufacture of gunpowder.
1845 G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. 4th Ser. 61 Wheels..made of..willow-wood.
(b) Made of willow-wood.
willow-cylinder n.
willow polisher n.
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1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 129 Plates for carriage and other small clocks..are polished with a willow polisher.
b. Instrumental, parasynthetic, objective, and similative.
willow-bordered adj.
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1897 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin vii. i A winding, willow-bordered river.
willow-coloured adj.
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c1633 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) I. 68 The willow colored satten suite.
willow-fringed adj.
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1749 T. Warton Triumph of Isis 6 O'er Isis' willow-fringed banks I stray'd.
1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xiii. 211 Certain alder and willow-fringed reaches of the Thames.
willow-grown adj.
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1871 W. Morris in J. W. Mackail Life W. Morris (1899) I. 265 A sandy plain somewhat willow-grown.
willow-leaved adj.
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1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Adhatoda The Willow-leav'd Malabar Nut.
1789 W. Aiton Hortus Kewensis II. 176 Willow leav'd Crab Tree. Nat[ive] of the Levant.
1864 Lockyer in Reader 16 Jan. 79/2 Mr. Nasmyth's discovery of the willow-leaved things..covering like so many scales the whole surface of the sun.
willow-like adj.
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1712 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 422 Its Leaves below are long Willow-like.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 186 A long-branched willow-like shrub.
willow-lined adj.
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1946 J. W. Day Harvest Adventure x. 159 Half-way between Yarmouth and Acle on that dead straight, willow-lined road.
willow-peeler n.
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1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Willow-peeler, a device or a machine for stripping the bark from the willow wands.
willow-shaded adj.
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1845 Florist Jrnl. 193 Over the margin of the willow-shaded pond.
willow-tufted adj.
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1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 16 The willow tufted bank.
willow-veiled adj.
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1842 Tennyson Lady of Shalott (rev. ed.) i, in Poems (new ed.) I. 78 By the margin, willow-veil'd.
c. Special Combs.† willow-flower n. Obs. = willow-herb n. 2.
willow bay n. Salix pentandra.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > willow and allies > [noun] > other types of willow
red willow1547
water willow1583
goat's willow1597
rose willow1597
sweet willow1597
French willow1601
siler1607
palm-withy1609
sallowie1610
swallowtail willow1626
willow bay1650
black willow1670
crack-willow1670
grey willow1697
water sallow1761
almond willowa1763
swallow-tailed willow1764
swamp willow1765
golden osier1772
golden willow1772
purple willow1773
sand-willow1786
goat willow1787
purple osier1797
whipcord1812
Arctic willow1818
sage-willow1846
pussy willow1851
Kilmarnock willow1854
sweet-bay willow1857
pussy1858
palm willow1869
Spaniard1871
ground-willow1875
Spanish willow1875
snap-willow1880
diamond willow1884
sandbar willow1884
pussy palm1886
creeping willow1894
bat-willow1907
cricket bat willow1907
silver willow1914
1650 W. How Phytologia Britannica 108 Salix folio laureo,..Willow-bay.
willow-branch n. a branch of a willow-tree; also allusively as in 1d.
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the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [noun] > plants or trees as signs of mourning
yewa1450
rosemary1559
cypress1590
willow-branch1622
the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > harbouring unrequited love > symbol of grief for unrequited love
willow-branch1622
1622 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Maides Trag. (new ed.) ii. sig. C2 Song, Maidens willow branches beare, say I died true.
1830 Tennyson Dying Swan in Poems 103 The willowbranches hoar and dank.
1861 Trollope Framley Parsonage II. xiv. 287 I have been overwhelmed with presents of willow branches.
willow curtain n. (see quot.).
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the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > wicker barrier
croy1825
willow curtaina1884
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 948/1 Willow Curtain,..a device to curb the rapidity of streams and induce deposit of sediment.
willow-earth n. compost made of rotten willow-branches.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > use of other natural fertilizers > other natural fertilizers
marl1280
pomacec1450
cod's head1545
buck-ashes1563
bucking-ashes1577
guano1604
greaves1614
rape cake1634
muck1660
wool-nipping1669
willow-earth1683
green dressing1732
bone flour1758
bone powder1758
poudrette1764
bone dust1771
green manure1785
fish-manure1788
wassal1797
lime-rubbish1805
Bude sand1808
bone1813
cancerine1840
inch-bones1846
bonemeal1849
silver sand1851
fish guano1857
food1857
terramare1866
kainite1868
fish-flour1879
soil1879
fish-scrap1881
gas lime1882
bean cake1887
inoculant1916
1683 J. Reid Scots Gard'ner (1907) 69 Willow-earth or rotten willow-sticks at the bottom of the pot, helps to retain the moisture.
1756 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (new ed.) II. viii. 145 A little willow-earth is very proper to mix with the above compost.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Onagraceae (willow-herbs) > [noun]
willow-herb1578
bindweed nightshade1597
enchanter's nightshade1597
rosebay1597
willow1597
French willow1601
willow-flower1633
rose withy1650
codlings-and-cream1670
willow weed1741
gooseberry fool1785
epilobium1809
onagrad1846
cherry-pie1857
apple pie plant1858
slink-weed1858
fiddle-grass1878
epilobe1883
satin flower1891
1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ii. 477 Chamænerion alterum angustifolium. Narrow leaued Willow-floure.
willow gentian n. a herbaceous perennial, Gentiana asclepiadea, native to Europe and bearing deep blue or white flowers in axils along its curving stems.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Gentianaceae (gentians) > [noun]
gentianOE
fieldwooda1393
baldmoney1393
caresweeta1400
felwort1526
calathian violet1578
crosswort gentian1578
harvest-bell1597
gentianella1633
blue violet1649
marsh gentian1690
vernal gentian1728
pennywort1817
meadow pink1827
soap-gentian1845
soapwort gentian1845
autumn-bells1863
windflower1866
willow gentian1883
1883 W. Robinson Eng. Flower Garden 136/1 Willow Gentian prefers a sheltered position.
1935 C. Elliott Rock Garden Plants 123 The Willow Gentian of sub-alpine woods, grows two feet high, with arched wiry stems, strung along their upper half with fine blue trumpet-flowers.
1962 R. Page Educ. Gardener xiii. 357 I may choose Gentiana asclepiadea, the willow gentian.
willow-green n. a variety of green resembling the colour of willow-leaves.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > light green
willow-green1672
oil-green1673
lily-green1739
celadon1768
nascent green1839
ice-green1863
eau-de-nil1870
Nile green1871
absinthe1872
reseda1874
feuille1883
mignonette1883
chartreuse1884
water-green1884
mignonette-green1888
Nile1895
serpent1895
willow1922
peppermint1930
kelly1936
1672 W. Hughes Amer. Physitian 28 A more blewish green colour, much like the colour called a Willow-green.
1703 London Gaz. No. 3906/4 A Piece Ditto, striped with Willow-green and small Orange or Philamot.
1832 T. Brown Bk. Butterflies, Sphinxes & Moths (1834) I. 172 Of a pale willow-green above.
willow grouse n. (a) the common ptarmigan of North America, Lagopus albus; (b) the ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus, called thus chiefly in British Columbia.
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Lagopus > lagopus lagopus (red grouse)
moorfowl1504
grouse1531
moor game1611
red game1673
red grouse1769
willow partridge1772
red cock1775
moor-bird1812
red ptarmigan1819
willow grouse1850
willow ptarmigan1872
willow ptarmigan1872
the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Bonasa > bonasa umbellus (ruffled grouse)
partridge1578
pheasant1766
birch partridge1823
white flesher1827
ruffled grouse1850
willow grouse1850
pat1933
1850 S. Allen in D. J. Browne Amer. Poultry Yard App. 311 The willow grouse on the rock crows his challenge aloud.
1907 J. G. Millais Newfoundland 274 The Newfoundland willow grouse..fly in large bodies from one district to another.
1960 Gulf Islander (Galiano, Brit. Columbia) 23 July 1/1 We listened to the resonant call of the willow grouse.
1961 W. P. Keller Canada's Wild Glory ii. 93 The grouse came back, too. These were the willow grouse, or as the same bird is known in the east, ‘the drummer’ or ruffed grouse.
willow-lark n. the sedge-warbler.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Acrocephalus > species schoenobaenus (sedge warbler)
reed-sparrow1676
chat1704
sedge-bird1738
willow-lark1769
sedge-warbler1776
reed-bird1782
sedge-wren1802
night singer1816
sedge reedling1837
mockingbird1883
fisherman's nightingale1884
sally picker1885
1769 G. White Let. 29 May in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 67 A new salicaria, which at first I suspected might have proved your willow-lark.
willow leaf n. a leaf of the willow-tree, or a figure resembling this; pl. the luminous filaments of the sun's surface; also as adj. = willow-leaved adj. at Compounds 2b.
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1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 43v Of Lysimachia..The leues..are thinne and in fasshon lyke wylow leues.
?1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii VII.–VIII. Table 63 This has plain Willow Leaves.
1818 A. Eaton Man. Bot. (ed. 2) ii. 447 Solidago..stricta..Willow-leaf golden-rod.
1829 Shelley Summer 9 The willow leaves that glanced in the light breeze.
1860 Nasmyth in Monthly Not. Royal Astron. Soc. (1864) XXIV. 67 What I claim to be the first to discover..in reference to the structure of his entire luminous surface, as well as the precise form of the structural details, which, from their general similitude in respect to form, I at once compared with willow-leaves.
1860 Nasmyth in Monthly Not. Royal Astron. Soc. (1864) XXIV. 67 These luminous filaments or willow-leaf-shaped objects.
1975 Country Life 20 Mar. 699/3 Willow-leaf pears..form charming leafy tapestries.
willow-leaved pear n. (also willow-leaved pear-tree) a tree, Pyrus salicifolia, that is related to the pear and is native to S.E. Europe and Asia Minor, bearing long narrow leaves and small fruit and often thorny.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > pear-tree
perryOE
pear tree1230
pearc1390
perer?a1425
warden-tree?1523
orchard pear tree1562
pyrus1567
willow-leaved pear1820
nashi1892
1820 Bot. Reg. 6 514 (heading) Willow-leaved pear-tree.
1914 W. J. Bean Trees & Shrubs Hardy in Brit. Isles II. 292 Willow-leaved Pear... Branchlets covered with down which is quite white when young.
1980 V. Canning Fall from Grace ix. 155 A carpet of silvery Cineraria maritima spread under a group of willow-leaved pears.
willow myrtle n. a myrtaceous willow-leaved tree ( Agonis flexuosa) of Western Australia.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > other Australasian trees or shrubs
burrawang1826
water gum1826
kaikomako1832
karaka1834
kawa-kawa1838
peppermint1838
bottle tree1844
ngaio1849
Grevillea1853
red birch1853
wooden pear1860
muskwood1866
sugar-tree1866
tulip-tree1866
hop-bush1883
mock orange1884
mountain beech1884
sage tree1884
tile-seed1884
mutton-bird scrub1889
red birch1889
silver-tree1889
whalebone-tree1889
budda1890
camphor laurel1894
pepperbush1895
mustard bush1898
willow myrtle1898
pigeon wood1899
horizontal scrub1909
turkey-bush1911
pandani1923
mock orange1929
1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. Willow Myrtle,..with willow-like leaves and pendent branches.
willow-nightingale n. local the reed-sparrow.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > genus Emberiza > emberiza schoeniclus (reed-bunting)
reed-sparrowa1500
junco1706
nettle-monger1712
night warbler1739
willow-nightingale1774
reed bunting1776
ring bird1837
ring fowl1840
toad-snatcher1848
1774 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 281 (note) In the neighbourhood of Shrewsbury, the [reedsparrow] hath obtained the name of the willow-nightingale.
willow oak n. a North American oak, Quercus Phellos, having narrow entire leaves like those of the willow; also, the laurel oak, Q. laurifolia.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > other oaks
red oakOE
cerre-tree1577
gall-tree1597
robur1601
kermes1605
live oak1610
white oak1610
royal oak1616
swamp-oak1683
grey oak1697
rock oak1699
chestnut oak1703
water oak1709
Spanish oak1716
turkey-oak1717
willow oak1717
iron oak1724
maiden oak1725
scarlet oak1738
black jack1765
post oak1775
durmast1791
mountain chestnut oak1801
quercitron oak1803
laurel oak1810
mossy-cup oak1810
rock chestnut oak1810
pin oak1812
overcup oak1814
overcup white oak1814
bur oak1815
jack oak1816
mountain oak1818
shingle-oak1818
gall-oak1835
peach oak1835
golden oak1838
weeping oak1838
Aleppo oak1845
Italian oak1858
dyer's oak1861
Gambel's Oak1878
maul oak1884
punk oak1884
sessile oak1906
Garry oak1908
roble1908
1717 Petiveriana iii. 208 Willow Oak. From the Likeness of its Leaf.
1813 H. Muhlenberg Catal. Plantarum Americæ Septentrionalis 87 Upland willow-oak, or gray oak.
1897 G. B. Sudworth Nomencl. Arborescent Flora (U.S.) 177 Quercus phellos Linn. Willow Oak... Common Names... Peach Oak (N.J., Del., Ohio).
1949 Amer. Forests Sept. 18/3 A tall willow oak drips slender verdant fingers.
1975 Country Life 2 Jan. 38/3 More native trees were also planted, notably..the willow oak.
willow partridge n. = willow grouse n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Lagopus > lagopus lagopus (red grouse)
moorfowl1504
grouse1531
moor game1611
red game1673
red grouse1769
willow partridge1772
red cock1775
moor-bird1812
red ptarmigan1819
willow grouse1850
willow ptarmigan1872
willow ptarmigan1872
1772 J. Forster in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 390 Willow-partridges.
willow pattern n. a pattern of domestic crockery in blue, orig. designed by Thomas Turner in the late 18th century, having willow-trees as a prominent feature.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [noun] > painting > specific designs
shoulder linec1175
willow pattern1829
blue willow1831
kylin1857
oeil-de-perdrix1865
Broseley dragon1878
prunus1878
hawthorn pattern1896
bocage1902
shishi1970
1829 S. Shaw Hist. Staffs. Potteries ix. 214 The Pattern Mr. Turner used was the willow, designed by him from two oriental Plates, still preserved.
1848 J. H. Newman Loss & Gain i. x. 68 I myself found half a willow-pattern saucer in the crater of Vesuvius.
1878 H. W. Longfellow Kéramos 326 The willow pattern, that we knew In childhood, with its bridge of blue Leading to unknown thoroughfares.
willow-patterned adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [adjective] > specific designs
black-figured1825
red-figured1840
willow-patterned1857
hawthorn1866
armorial1871
red figure1881
goat and bee1899
tobacco-leaf1969
1857 C. M. Yonge Dynevor Terrace ii The homely black tea~pot and willow-patterned plates.
willow ptarmigan n. = willow grouse n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Lagopus > lagopus lagopus (red grouse)
moorfowl1504
grouse1531
moor game1611
red game1673
red grouse1769
willow partridge1772
red cock1775
moor-bird1812
red ptarmigan1819
willow grouse1850
willow ptarmigan1872
willow ptarmigan1872
1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 235 Lagopus albus. Willow Ptarmigan.
willow sheets n. = willow squares n.
willow-sparrow n. = willow-warbler n.
willow squares n. pieces of plaited willow for hat-making.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from other vegetable fibres > [noun] > woven willow
willow squares1819
1819 Post Office London Directory 364 Patentee..of Beaver, Silk and Willow Hats, and Willow-squares.
1834 1st Rep. Poor Law Comm. (1885) 199 I formerly carried on the business of a willow-square maker.
willow-thorn n. sea-buckthorn, Hippophaë rhamnoides.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > other aquatic plants
sea-purslane1548
frog-bit1578
heartwort1578
milkwort1578
water dragon1578
water-liverwort1578
water milfoil1578
water milfoil1578
water radish1578
arrowhead1597
saltwort1597
water archer1597
calla1601
water-rocket1605
sea rocket1611
water archer1617
water chickweed1633
water purslane1633
arsesmart1640
water hyssop1653
water thyme1655
water serpent1659
Myriophyllum1754
least water plantain1756
mud-weed1756
Thalia1756
water-leaf1756
marsh liverwort1760
bastard plantain1762
wool-weed1765
Ruppia1770
goat's foot1773
pipewort1776
blinking chickweed1777
mudwort1789
arrowleaf1805
water-target1814
water willow1814
felwort1816
water shield1817
mermaid weed1822
mud plantain1822
hydrilla1824
blinks1835
crystalwort1846
naiad1846
waterwort1846
arrow weed1848
willow-thorn1857
lattice leaf1866
marsh flower1866
bonnet1869
lattice plant1877
sea-ash1884
alligator weed1887
water parsley1891
water hyacinth1897
lirio1926
neverwet1927
1857 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. V. 49 Sea Buckthorn, Sallow~thorn, or Willow-thorn.
willow tit n. (also willow titmouse) a black-headed, buff-coloured European tit, Parus montanus (formerly P. atricapillus).
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Paridae > [noun] > genus Parus (tit) > miscellaneous types of
titmouse1611
yellowbird1625
tomtit1648
black cap1845
willow tit1907
1907 Brit. Birds 1 44 The Willow Tit varies a good deal geographically.
1958 Spectator 22 Aug. 244/1 I discovered a rare bird, then almost unknown,..at Beckenham—a willow titmouse.
1979 C. M. Perrins Brit. Tits vii. 60 The Willow Tit was the last British species to be recognized.
willow-warbler n. a small bird, Sylvia trochilus.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Phylloscopus > species trochilus (willow-warbler)
willow-wren1766
wood-wren1794
feather-poke1831
ground-wren1837
willow-warbler1846
feather-bed1854
mealy-mouth1885
sally picker1885
ox-eye1888
1846 Jenyns Nat. Hist. 133 We found to-day the nest of a willow-warbler.
1882 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 9 No. 3. 429 The willow-warbler (Sylvia trochilus).
willow-ware n. (a) crockery-ware of a willow pattern; (b) articles woven from osiers.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > pottery ornamented in specific way
lustre ware1825
celadon1850
willow-ware1851
spatterware1856
sgraffiato1862
barbotine1865
sgraffito1878
slipware1883
photoceramic1892
sponged ware1957
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from other vegetable fibres > [noun] > woven willow > articles made from
willow-ware1851
1851 C. Cist Sketches & Statistics Cincinnati 172 Baskets, cradles, wagons and other willow-ware.
1880 Harper's Mag. June 30/1 We find women employed in making..willow-ware and cane chairs.
c1885 R. Collyer in J. H. Holmes Life & Lett. (1917) I. ii. 24 A great rack for the pewter dishes and willow ware.
willow weapon n. a cricket-bat.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > equipment > [noun] > bat
cricket-staff?1575
cricket bat1622
bat1706
willow1846
willow weapon1850
driver1883
1850 ‘Bat’ Cricketer's Man. 45 The way to use the willow weapon.
willow weed n. = willow-herb n. 2, 3; also, various species of Polygonum, knotweed.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Onagraceae (willow-herbs) > [noun]
willow-herb1578
bindweed nightshade1597
enchanter's nightshade1597
rosebay1597
willow1597
French willow1601
willow-flower1633
rose withy1650
codlings-and-cream1670
willow weed1741
gooseberry fool1785
epilobium1809
onagrad1846
cherry-pie1857
apple pie plant1858
slink-weed1858
fiddle-grass1878
epilobe1883
satin flower1891
the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > knot-grass
swine's grasslOE
bird's-tonguea1300
sparrow's-tonguea1400
corrigiolec1400
swinecress?a1425
knot-grass1538
way-grass1565
centinode1611
pinkweed1657
breadwort1736
stone-weed1847
allseed1855
knotwort1864
wire-weed1864
willow weed1866
knotweed1884
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > loosestrife and allied flowers
loosestrife1548
purple loosestrife1548
red loosestrife1548
red lysimachus1578
spiked or purple-spiked willow-herb1578
withy-herb1578
water willow1585
willow-wort1731
willow weed1866
swamp loosestrife-
1741 Compl. Fam.-Piece ii. iii. 379 Willow Weed or French Willow.
1855 Tennyson Brook in Maud & Other Poems 103 And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Willow-weed, Lythrum Salicaria; also Polygonum lapathifolium.
willow-wielder n. a batsman at cricket.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > batsman
batsman1744
bat1756
batter1773
willow-wielder1870
1870 John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack 91 With willow wielders like these, it is no wonder Notts holds the high position it does as a batting shire.
1903 Times 13 July 11/6 Wily willow-wielders.
willow-wort n. = willow-herb n. 1, 3; also pl., Lindley's name for the willow family.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > primrose and allied flowers > yellow loosestrife
herb willow1548
loosestrife1548
yellow loosestrife1548
lysimachia1578
willow-herb1578
willow-wort1605
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > loosestrife and allied flowers
loosestrife1548
purple loosestrife1548
red loosestrife1548
red lysimachus1578
spiked or purple-spiked willow-herb1578
withy-herb1578
water willow1585
willow-wort1731
willow weed1866
swamp loosestrife-
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > willow and allies > [noun] > willow family
willow-wort1846
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iii. 99 As Betonie breakes friendships ancient bands, So Willow-wort makes wonted hate shake hands.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 307 In an Hollow made by the falling of the Water in the Rains, grows Willow-wort.
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Salicaria Willow-wort or spiked Lose~strife.
1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 254 Salicaceæ. Willow~worts.
willow-wren n. = willow-warbler n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Phylloscopus > species trochilus (willow-warbler)
willow-wren1766
wood-wren1794
feather-poke1831
ground-wren1837
willow-warbler1846
feather-bed1854
mealy-mouth1885
sally picker1885
ox-eye1888
1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 101 The willow-wren frequents large moist woods.
1882 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 9 No. 3. 556 Aug. 16th Willow-wrens had deserted the furze bushes and hedges.
d. Also in several names of insects or their larvæ which infest willows. † willow-cricket n. Obs.
willow-beauty n. ( Boarmia rhomboidaria).
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1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 111 The Willow Beauty..appears the beginning of July, in woody places and gardens.
willow-bee n. ( Megachile willughbeia).
willow-beetle n. (spec. Phyllodecta vitellinæ).
willow-butterfly n.
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1773 Wilkes' Eng. Moths & Butterflies (new ed.) 58 The Willow-Butterfly.
willow-caterpillar n.
willow-cimbex n.
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1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. x. 300 Willow-cricket, or small peacock fly.
willow-fly n. (any insect of the family Perlidæ).
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Plecoptera > member of family Perlidae
willow-fly1787
1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling (ed. 2) 119 The Willow-Fly comes on about the beginning of September.
willow-moth n. ( Caradrina quadripunctata).
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1845 G. E. Day tr. J. F. Simon Animal Chem. I. 101 The caterpillar of the willow-moth.
willow-sawfly n.
willow-slug n. (larva of the sawfly).
willow-worm n.
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1896 E. G. Lodeman Spraying of Plants 373 Willow-worm; Antiopa Butterfly (Vanessa Antiopa).
e. In uses containing an allusion to the willow as a symbol of mourning or of being lovelorn.
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1585 in W. Chappell Old Eng. Pop. Music (1893) 110 I wylbe the turtle most stedfast [still] to the: & paciently were this grene wyllow garland.
1595 Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 iii. iii. 228 Tell him in hope heele be a Widower shortlie, Ile weare the willow garland for his sake.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 112 Still for to weare the Willow wreath.
1638 J. Ford Fancies iii. 42 A knot of Willow Ribbands.
1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. I4v When once the Lovers Rose is dead,..Then Willow-garlands, 'bout the head, Bedew'd with teares, are worne.
1805 Scott Lay of Last Minstrel ii. xi. 42 And changed the willow wreaths to stone.
1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. I. 36 This willow-wearing fair one.
1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter I. xii. 260 The..willow-wearers at Ullsford.
f. quasi-adj.= willowy adj. 2. See also quot. 1699.
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1634 Noble Souldier iv. i. F i b I yeelded With willow-bendings to commanding breaths.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Willow, Poor, and of no Reputation.
1875 M. E. Braddon Strange World ii Tall, slim, and willow-waisted.
g. Short for willow pattern n. at Compounds 2c, as willow cup, willow plate, willow pottery. See also willow-ware n. (a) at Compounds 2c.
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1926 R. Macaulay Crewe Train ii. x. 179 It would look jolly with blue willow cups and plates on it.
1928 T. S. Eliot in E. Pound Sel. Poems p. xvii People who like Willow pottery and Chinesische-Turms in Munich and Kew.
1961 M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited (1963) xi. 142 In contrast, the laburnums..curved earthward with willow-plate grace.
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A pale green shade or tint of the colour of willow leaves; = willow-green n. at Compounds 2c below.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > light green
willow-green1672
oil-green1673
lily-green1739
celadon1768
nascent green1839
ice-green1863
eau-de-nil1870
Nile green1871
absinthe1872
reseda1874
feuille1883
mignonette1883
chartreuse1884
water-green1884
mignonette-green1888
Nile1895
serpent1895
willow1922
peppermint1930
kelly1936
1922 Index to Color Names & Color Numbers (U.S. Textile Color Card Assoc.) 15 Willow.
1963 New Yorker 1 June 112/3 (advt.) Edged with scalloped shells in rich pastels—cherry, coral, cornflower, taffy, willow or robin's egg blue.
1978 A. S. Byatt Virgin in Garden xi. 111 Green was hope, but sea-green was inconstancy. Violet was religion, and willow was forsaken.
1983 Harrods Mag. Christmas 176/1 (caption) Wool jacket with leather collar. Charcoal, Clover Brown or Willow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2017).
ˈwillowv.
trans. To put (cotton, etc.) through a willow.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > [verb (transitive)] > separate or clean
willow1835
willy1864
twilly1894
1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 330 It must be willowed..in an appropriate manner, by machines differing in structure and adjustment for different qualities of goods.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online January 2018).
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