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To blow up; as, the wind upblows from the sea. [Obs.] Spenser.

To flow or stream up. Southey.

To baptize; -- used in contempt by the Reformers. [Obs.] Tyndale.

One bound by the same vow as another. [R.] Shak.

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.

tumble and roll about; to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder; as, swine wallow in the mire. I may wallow in the lily beds. Shak.

One who, or that which, wallows.

Flat; insipid. [Obs.] Overbury.

Same as Tromp.

An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers.

Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow.

ry disease of the feet. It occurs round the hoof, where an acrid matter is collected. Whitlow grass (Bot.), name given to several inconspicuous herbs, which were thought to be a cure for the whitlow, as Saxifraga tridactylites, Draba verna, and several species of Paronychia.

Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow.

haracterized 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.…

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. Spiked willow-herb, a perennial herb (Lythrum Salicaria) with willowy leaves and spiked purplish flowers.

A thorny European shrub (Hippophaë rhamnoides) resembling a willow.

Any kind of Polygonum with willowlike foliage.

Same as Willow-weed.

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

A willow. See Willow, n., 2.