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1,994 words match “WILL”

WILLOWY a. 2 definitions
Abounding with willows. Where willowy Camus lingers with delight. Gray.
WILLSOME a. 3 definitions
Willful; obstinate. [Obs.]
WILLY n. 2 definitions
Same as 1st Willow, 2.
WILLY NILLY n.
See Will I, nill I, etc., under 3d Will.
WILLYING n.
The process of cleansing wool, cotton, or the like, with a willy, or willow. Willying machine. Same as 1st Willow, 2
CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW n.
A species of goatsucker (Antrostomus Carolinensis), of the southern United States; -- so called from its note.
DULWILLY n.
The ring plover. [Prov. Eng.]
FREE WILL n. 2 definitions
A will free from improper coercion or restraint. To come thus was I not constrained, but did On my free will. Shak.
FREEWILL a.
Of or pertaining to free will; voluntary; spontaneous; as, a freewill offering. Frewill Baptists. See under Baptist.
ILL-WILL n.
. See under Ill, a.
PILL-WILLET n.
The willet.
POOR-WILL n.
A bird of the Western United States (Phalænoptilus Nutalli) allied to the whip-poor-will.
POOR-WILLIE n.
The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.]
SEA WILLOW n.
A gorgonian coral with long flexible branches.
SELF-WILL n.
One's own will, esp. when opposed to that of others; obstinacy.
SELF-WILLED a.
Governed by one's own will; not yielding to the wishes of others; obstinate.
SELF-WILLEDNESS n.
Obstinacy. Sir W. Scott.
SWILL v. 6 definitions
rench. [Obs.] As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean. Shak.
SWILLER n.
One who swills.
SWILLINGS n.
See Swill, n., 1.
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