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esonance in the oral passage, the peculiar resonance in each case giving to each several vowel its distinctive character or quality as a sound of speech; -- distinguished from a consonant in that the latter, whether made with or without vocality, derives its character in every case from some kind of obstructive action…

Furnished with vowels. [Written also vowelled.] Dryden.

Of the nature of a vowel. [R.] "The power [of w] is always vowelish." B. Jonson.

The use of vowels. [R.]

To give the quality, sound, or office of a vowel to.

One who makes a vow. Bale.

A perennial, cruciferous plant (Cheiranthus Cheiri), with sweet-scented flowers varying in color from yellow to orange and deep red. In Europe it very common on old walls.

One who, or that which, wallows.

A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like.

The power of water employed to move machinery, etc.

A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings.

A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married again. Shak.

The state of being a widower.

Abounding with willows; containing willows; covered or overgrown with willows. "Willowed meads." Collins.

A willow. See Willow, n., 2.

The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone.

Having windows or openings. [R.] "Looped and windowed raggedness." Shak.

One who, or that which, winnows; specifically, a winnowing machine.

One who raises sheep for the production of wool. -- Wool"grow`ing, n.

To woo. [Obs.] Chaucer.