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Definition of Willow

Willow 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. 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. To open and cleanse, as cotton, flax, or wool, by means of a willow. See Willow, n., 2. Related Definitions: Action, Also, An, And, Any, Are, As, Been, Beloved, Box, By, Cage, Called, Characterized, Cleanse, Cleansed, Cleansing, Cotton, Cylindrical, Denoting, Derive, Desertion, Desolation, Devil, Drum, Emblem, Flax, Forsaken, From, Genus, Having, Hence, In, Including, Is, Long, Lost, Lover, Machine, Made, Many, Most, My, Of, Often, Open, Opened, Or, Originally, Person, Plight, Probably, Projecting, Said, Salix, See, Show, Shrub, Similar, Sir, So, Some, Sorrow, Species, Studded, Term, The, Though, To, Tree, Twilly, Used, Wear, Which, Willow, Willy, Winnow, Winnowing, With, Within, Wool, Wreath

Willow Quotations The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character. Albert Schweitzer Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind. Bruce Lee It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and his passive resistance is more effective at present than active resistance could possibly be. He bears the fury of the storm as does the willow tree. James Weldon Johnson I hate this wretched willow soul of mine, patiently enduring, plaited or twisted by other hands. Karin Boye Many South African tribes used extracts from the African bush willow to heal the sick. Bob Pettit

Willow Translations willow in Afrikaans is wilgerboom willow in Danish is pil willow in Dutch is wilg willow in French is saule willow in German is Weide willow in Italian is salcio willow in Portuguese is salgueiro willow in Spanish is sauce

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