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Poor-willie
Poor-willie Poor"-wil`lie, n. [So called in imitation of its
note.] (Zo["o]l.)
The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.]
Sweet WilliamSweet Sweet, a. [Compar. Sweeter; superl. Sweetest.] [OE.
swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[=e]te; akin to OFries. sw[=e]te,
OS. sw[=o]ti, D. zoet, G. s["u]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. s[ae]tr,
s[oe]tr, Sw. s["o]t, Dan. s["o]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for
suadvis, Gr. ?, Skr. sv[=a]du sweet, svad, sv[=a]d, to
sweeten. [root]175. Cf. Assuage, Suave, Suasion.]
1. Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar;
saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet
beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.
2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a
sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
The breath of these flowers is sweet to me.
--Longfellow.
3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the
sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet
voice; a sweet singer.
To make his English sweet upon his tongue.
--Chaucer.
A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. --Hawthorne.
4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair;
as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods,
and plains. --Milton.
5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. --Bacon.
6. Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically:
(a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread.
(b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as,
sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.
7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable;
winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.
Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades?
--Job xxxviii.
31.
Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one
established rule of Christian working. --M. Arnold.
Note: Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining
compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured,
sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc.
Sweet alyssum. (Bot.) See Alyssum.
Sweet apple. (Bot.)
(a) Any apple of sweet flavor.
(b) See Sweet-top.
Sweet bay. (Bot.)
(a) The laurel (laurus nobilis).
(b) Swamp sassafras.
Sweet calabash (Bot.), a plant of the genus Passiflora
(P. maliformis) growing in the West Indies, and
producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple.
Sweet cicely. (Bot.)
(a) Either of the North American plants of the
umbelliferous genus Osmorrhiza having aromatic roots
and seeds, and white flowers. --Gray.
(b) A plant of the genus Myrrhis (M. odorata) growing
in England.
Sweet calamus, or Sweet cane. (Bot.) Same as Sweet
flag, below.
Sweet Cistus (Bot.), an evergreen shrub (Cistus Ladanum)
from which the gum ladanum is obtained.
Sweet clover. (Bot.) See Melilot.
Sweet coltsfoot (Bot.), a kind of butterbur (Petasites
sagittata) found in Western North America.
Sweet corn (Bot.), a variety of the maize of a sweet taste.
See the Note under Corn.
Sweet fern (Bot.), a small North American shrub
(Comptonia, or Myrica, asplenifolia) having
sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves.
Sweet flag (Bot.), an endogenous plant (Acorus Calamus)
having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent
aromatic taste. It is found in wet places in Europe and
America. See Calamus, 2.
Sweet gale (Bot.), a shrub (Myrica Gale) having bitter
fragrant leaves; -- also called sweet willow, and Dutch
myrtle. See 5th Gale.
Sweet grass (Bot.), holy, or Seneca, grass.
Sweet gum (Bot.), an American tree (Liquidambar
styraciflua). See Liquidambar.
Sweet herbs, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary
purposes.
Sweet John (Bot.), a variety of the sweet William.
Sweet leaf (Bot.), horse sugar. See under Horse.
Sweet marjoram. (Bot.) See Marjoram.
Sweet marten (Zo["o]l.), the pine marten.
Sweet maudlin (Bot.), a composite plant (Achillea
Ageratum) allied to milfoil.
Sweet oil, olive oil.
Sweet pea. (Bot.) See under Pea.
Sweet potato. (Bot.) See under Potato.
Sweet rush (Bot.), sweet flag.
Sweet spirits of niter (Med. Chem.) See Spirit of nitrous
ether, under Spirit.
Sweet sultan (Bot.), an annual composite plant (Centaurea
moschata), also, the yellow-flowered (C. odorata); --
called also sultan flower.
Sweet tooth, an especial fondness for sweet things or for
sweetmeats. [Colloq.]
Sweet William.
(a) (Bot.) A species of pink (Dianthus barbatus) of many
varieties.
(b) (Zo["o]l.) The willow warbler.
(c) (Zo["o]l.) The European goldfinch; -- called also
sweet Billy. [Prov. Eng.]
Sweet willow (Bot.), sweet gale.
Sweet wine. See Dry wine, under Dry.
To be sweet on, to have a particular fondness for, or
special interest in, as a young man for a young woman.
[Colloq.] --Thackeray.
Syn: Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious. swillingsSwill Swill, n.
1. The wash, or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine;
hogwash; -- called also swillings.
2. Large draughts of liquor; drink taken in excessive
quantities. SwillingsSwillings Swill"ings, n. pl.
See Swill, n., 1. TwillingTwill Twill, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Twilled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Twilling.] [Scotch tweel; probably from LG. twillen to make
double, from twi- two; akin to AS. twi-, E. twi- in twilight.
See Twice, and cf. Tweed, Tweel.]
To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of
diagonal lines or ribs on the surface. UnwillingUnwilling Un*will"ing, a.
Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling
servant.
And drop at last, but in unwilling ears, This saving
counsel, ``Keep your piece nine years.' --Pope.
-- Un*will"ing*ly, adv. -- Un*will"ing*ness, n. UnwillinglyUnwilling Un*will"ing, a.
Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling
servant.
And drop at last, but in unwilling ears, This saving
counsel, ``Keep your piece nine years.' --Pope.
-- Un*will"ing*ly, adv. -- Un*will"ing*ness, n. UnwillingnessUnwilling Un*will"ing, a.
Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling
servant.
And drop at last, but in unwilling ears, This saving
counsel, ``Keep your piece nine years.' --Pope.
-- Un*will"ing*ly, adv. -- Un*will"ing*ness, n. Willier
Willier Wil"li*er, n.
One who works at a willying machine.
WillingWilling Will"ing, a. [From Will, v. t.]
1. 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.
Felix, willing to show the Jews a pleasure, left
Paul bound. --Acts xxiv.
27.
With wearied wings and willing feet. --Milton.
[Fruit] shaken in August from the willing boughs.
--Bryant.
2. Received of choice, or without reluctance; submitted to
voluntarily; chosen; desired.
[They] are held, with his melodious harmony, In
willing chains and sweet captivity. --Milton.
3. Spontaneous; self-moved. [R.]
No spouts of blood run willing from a tree.
--Dryden. Willingly
Willingly Will"ing*ly, adv.
In a willing manner; with free will; without reluctance;
cheerfully. --Chaucer.
The condition of that people is not so much to be
envied as some would willingly represent it. --Addison.
Willingness
Willingness Will"ing*ness, 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.
Sweet is the love which comes with willingness.
--Dryden.
Williwaw
Williwaw Wil"li*waw, Willywaw Wil"ly*waw, n. (Naut.)
A whirlwind, or whirlwind squall, encountered in the Straits
of Magellan. --W. C. Russell.
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Willi is a
given name,
nickname (often a
short form or
hypocorism of Wilhelm) and surname.
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