Willet (n.) A large North American snipe (Symphemia semipalmata); -- called also pill-willet, will-willet, semipalmated tattler, or snipe, duck snipe, and stone curlew.
Willful (a.) Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as, willful murder.
Willful (a.) Governed by the will without yielding to reason; obstinate; perverse; inflexible; stubborn; refractory; as, a willful man or horse.
Willier (n.) One who works at a willying machine.
Willing (v. t.) Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in mind; not choosing to refuse; disposed; not averse; desirous; consenting; complying; ready.
Willing (v. t.) Received of choice, or without reluctance; submitted to voluntarily; chosen; desired.
Willing (v. t.) Spontaneous; self-moved.
Willingly (adv.) In a willing manner; with free will; without reluctance; cheerfully.
Willingness (n.) The quality or state of being willing; free choice or consent of the will; freedom from reluctance; readiness of the mind to do or forbear.
Williwaw (n.) Alt. of Willywaw
Willywaw (n.) A whirlwind, or whirlwind squall, encountered in the Straits of Magellan.
Willock (n.) The common guillemot.
Willock (n.) The puffin.
Will-o'-the-wisp (n.) See Ignis fatuus.
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 (n.) 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.
Willow (v. t.) To open and cleanse, as cotton, flax, or wool, by means of a willow. See Willow, n., 2.
Willowed (a.) Abounding with willows; containing willows; covered or overgrown with willows.
Willower (n.) A willow. See Willow, n., 2.
Willow-herb (n.) A perennial herb (Epilobium spicatum) with narrow willowlike leaves and showy rose-purple flowers. The name is sometimes made to include other species of the same genus.
Willowish (a.) Having the color of the willow; resembling the willow; willowy.
Willow-thorn (n.) A thorny European shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides) resembling a willow.
Willow-weed (n.) A European species of loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris).
Willow-weed (n.) Any kind of Polygonum with willowlike foliage.
Willow-wort (n.) Same as Willow-weed.
Willow-wort (n.) Any plant of the order Salicaceae, or the Willow family.
Willowy (a.) Abounding with willows.
Willowy (a.) Resembling a willow; pliant; flexible; pendent; drooping; graceful.
Willsome (a.) Willful; obstinate.
Willsome (a.) Fat; indolent.
Willsome (a.) Doubtful; uncertain.
Willy (n.) A large wicker basket.
Willy (n.) Same as 1st Willow, 2.
Willying (n.) The process of cleansing wool, cotton, or the like, with a willy, or willow.
Willy nilly () See Will I, nill I, etc., under 3d Will.
Wilne (v. t.) To wish; to desire.
Wilt () 2d pers. sing. of Will.
Wilting (imp. & p. p.) of Wilt
Wilt (v. i.) To begin to wither; to lose freshness and become flaccid, as a plant when exposed when exposed to drought, or to great heat in a dry day, or when separated from its root; to droop;. to wither.
Wilt (v. t.) To cause to begin to wither; to make flaccid, as a green plant.
Wilt (v. t.) Hence, to cause to languish; to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of.
Wilton carpet () A kind of carpet woven with loops like the Brussels, but differing from it in having the loops cut so as to form an elastic velvet pile; -- so called because made originally at Wilton, England.
Wilwe (n.) Willow.
Wily (superl.) Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle.
Wimble (n.) An instrument for boring holes, turned by a handle.
Wimble (n.) A gimlet.
Wimble (n.) A stonecutter's brace for boring holes in stone.
Wimble (n.) An auger used for boring in earth.
Wimbled (imp. & p. p.) of Wimble
Wimbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wimble
Wimble (v. t.) To bore or pierce, as with a wimble.
Wimble (a.) Active; nimble.
Wimbrel (n.) The whimbrel.
Wimple (n.) A covering of silk, linen, or other material, for the neck and chin, formerly worn by women as an outdoor protection, and still retained in the dress of nuns.
Wimple (n.) A flag or streamer.
Wimpled (imp. & p. p.) of Wimple
Wimpling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wimple
Wimple (v. t.) To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence, to hoodwink.
Wimple (v. t.) To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a veil.
Wimple (v. t.) To cause to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to cause to ripple or undulate; as, the wind wimples the surface of water.
Wimple (v. i.) To lie in folds; also, to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to ripple; to undulate.
Won (imp. & p. p.) of Win
Wan () of Win
Winning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Win
Win (a.) To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country.
Win (a.) To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or obtain, as by solicitation or courtship.
Win (a.) To gain over to one's side or party; to obtain the favor, friendship, or support of; to render friendly or approving; as, to win an enemy; to win a jury.
Win (a.) To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.
Win (a.) To extract, as ore or coal.
Win (v. i.) To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to prevail.
Winced (imp. & p. p.) of Wince
Wincing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wince
Wince (v. i.) To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back.
Wince (v. i.) To kick or flounce when unsteady, or impatient at a rider; as, a horse winces.
Wince (n.) The act of one who winces.
Wince (n.) A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment. at will.
Wincer (n.) One who, or that which, winces, shrinks, or kicks.
Wincey (n.) Linsey-woolsey.
Winch (v. i.) To wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness.
Winch (n.) A kick, as of a beast, from impatience or uneasiness.
Winch (n.) A crank with a handle, for giving motion to a machine, a grindstone, etc.
Winch (n.) An instrument with which to turn or strain something forcibly.
Winch (n.) An axle or drum turned by a crank with a handle, or by power, for raising weights, as from the hold of a ship, from mines, etc.; a windlass.
Winch (n.) A wince.
Wincing (n.) The act of washing cloth, dipping it in dye, etc., with a wince.
Wincopipe (n.) A little red flower, no doubt the pimpernel, which, when it opens in the morning, is supposed to bode a fair day. See Pimpernel.
Wound (imp. & p. p.) of Wind
Winded () of Wind
Winding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wind
Wind (v. t.) To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.
Wind (v. t.) To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
Wind (v. t.) To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
Wind (v. t.) To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
Wind (v. t.) To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine.
Wind (v. i.) To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole.
Wind (v. i.) To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees.
Wind (v. i.) To go to the one side or the other; to move this way and that; to double on one's course; as, a hare pursued turns and winds.
Wind (n.) The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.
Wind (n.) Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air.
Wind (n.) Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.