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Willow
Willow
n.
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
.
Willow
n.
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
.
Willow
v. t.
To
open
and
cleanse
, as
cotton
,
flax
, or
wool
, by
means
of a
willow
.
See
Willow
, n., 2.
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