vrUl 
The one to be tnlled would go to the other end of the 
house, if desired, whilst we agreed upon the thing to he 
done. Proc. Soe. Psych. Jiesearch, I. 67, note. 
n. intrant. 1. To wish; desire; prefer; re- 
solve; determine; decree. 
As irill the rest, so trilleth Wincliester. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., iii. 1. 162. 
You, likewise, our late guests, if so you 7vUl, 
Follow us. Tennyson, I'rincess, v. 
2. To exercise the will. 
See how my sin-beniangled body lies. 
Not having pow'r to will, nor will to rise ! 
Quarlcs, Emblems, iv. 8. 
He that shall tuni his thoughts inwards upon what 
passes in his own mind when he u-Uls, shall see that the 
will or power of volition is conversant atxjut nothing but 
that particular determination of the mind, whereby barely, 
by a thought, the mind endeavours to give rise, continua- 
tion, or stop to any action which it takes to be within its 
power. Lxke, Human IJnderstanding, II. xxi. § 30. 
wilFt, a. [Sc. also !0«K; < ME. will, wille, < 
leel. villr (for *vilrlr), wild: see toild.'] Astray; 
wrong; at a loss; bewildered. 
Adam went out ful wille o wan. 
Quoted in AlliUraliee Poeinx (ed. Morris), Gloss. , p. 213. 
All wery I wex and wyll of my gate. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2309. 
And mdl and waif for eight lang years 
They sail'd upon the sea. 
Romner Ha/mand (Child's Ballads, I. 253). 
wilFt, «'. '. l<will^,ti.^ To wander; go astray; 
be lost, at a loss, or bewildered. Destruction 
ofTro!i(Y,. E. T. S.), 1. 2359. 
■willcock (wirkok), II. Same as willock. 
■willed (wild), a. [< ME. iciHed; < wHn, ti., + 
-cd^.'] 1. Havinga will; determined as to will: 
usually in composition, as in self-roiHerf, weak- 
willed. 
He is wylled that comynycasyon and trete schold be had. 
Panton Letters, I. 7.^). 
2. Brought under the influence or control of 
the will of another. 
■willemite (wil'em-it), v. [Named after Willcni 
I., king of the Netherlands.] A mineral of res- 
inous luster and yellowish-green or flesh-red 
color, a native silicate of zinc. It is of rare oc- 
currence in Europe, but is found abundantly in New Jer- 
sey, and there constitutes a very valuable zinc ore. Troos- 
tite is a ciystallized variety containing some manga- 
nese. 
wilier (wil'er), n. [< will^ + -o-l.] 1. One 
who wishes ; a wisher : used in some rare 
compounds: as, an \\\-willer. — 2. One who 
wills. 
Be pleased to cast a glance on two considerations — 1. 
What the will is to which, 2. Who the wilier is to whom, 
we must submit. Barrmo, Sermons, II. xxxvi. 
The problem can never be solved as long as contact of 
any sort is allowed between the wilier and the willed. 
Proc. Soc. Psych. Jiesearch, II. 10. 
willet (wil'et), «. [So called from its cry; 
cf. pilf-n-Ul-irillet.'] A North American bird 
of the snipe family, the semipalmated tattler 
or stone-curlew, Sijmphemia scniipalmnta . it 
is a large, stout tattler with semipalmated toes (see 
cut Mi^Aev semipalmate), stout bill, bluish feet, and much- 
Willet {Sympheinia sfinipalmata), in winter plumafjc. 
variegated plumage, especially in summer, the wings 
being mii-rored with white and lined with black; the 
length is about l(i inches. It abounds in temperate North 
America, and especially in the I'nited States; it extends 
north to 56^ at least, breeds throughout its range, and 
winters in the Southern States. Some related tattlers 
are occasionally nustaken for the species, and called wil- 
let by sportsmen. See Syinphemia. 
Across the dune, curlews, gulls, pelicans, water-turkeys, 
and willetji were feeding. llaritrr's Maff., LXX. Si'J. 
willful, willfully, etc. See icilfid, etc. 
willick, ". A Scotch variant of villock. 
Willie, «. Same as ivilli/^. 
willie-fisher (wiri-fish"er), «. The common 
Icrii or sea-swallow. See cut under Sterna. 
[Foi-fiir, Scotland.] 
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willie-hawkie (wU'i-ha'ki), ». The little grebe, 
or dabchick. ('. Swai>ison. [Antrim, Ireland.] 
willie-man-beaxd (wiri-man-berd'), ». The 
sea-stickleback, Spinachia vulgaris. Compare 
cut under stickleback. [Local, Eng.] 
willie-muftie, n. See ivillij-mufty. 
Williewaught (wil'i-wacht), n. [< Willie (here 
used with dim. effect) + toanglit.'] A hearty 
draught of liquor. [Scotch.] 
An' we'll tak' a right guid ivillie-waui/ht 
For auld lang syne. Burns, Auld Lang Syne. 
■willing (wiring), n. [< ME. willing; verbal n. 
of ii'sHi, t'.] Inclination; desire; intention. 
The evil natures, and the evil principles, and the evil 
manners of the world, these are the causes of our imper- 
fect wUtinffs and weaker actings in the things of God. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 13. 
■willing (wiring), a. [< ME. wiWiH*/, for earlier 
willendc, < AS. willende, tcellende, ppr. of willan, 
will : see toiW^. Willing in mod. use also repre- 
sents the ppr. of icill^.'] 1 . Favorably disposed ; 
ready; inclined; desirous: as, willing towork; 
willing to depart. 
I shall be willing, if not apt, to learn. 
Beau, and Fl., I'hilaster, ii. 1. 
King Henry, having entred a Throne in a Storm, was 
willing now to have a Calm. Baker, Chronicles, p. 157. 
If others make easier conditions of blessedness, no 
wonder if their doctrine be entertained by those who are 
willing to be happy but unwilling to leave their sins. 
Stillingficet, Sermons, II. ii. 
I never hear any thing of the Countess [of Oxford] ex- 
cept just now, that she is grown tired of sublunary affairs, 
and willing to come to a composition with her lord. 
Walpole, Letters, II. 2. 
The 21st day Captain Eaton came to an Anchor by us; 
he was very willing to have consorted with us again. 
Dampier, "Voyages, I. 133. 
2. Voluntary; cheerfully given, granted, done, 
or borne : as, willing service ; willing poverty. 
I raise him thus, and with this tviUing kiss I seal his par- 
don. Fletcher (and another ?), Prophetess, iv. 1. 
Sad Ulysses' soul, and all the rest, 
.*re held with his melodious harmony 
In willing chains and sweet captivity. 
Milton, Vacation Exercise, 1. 52. 
The chief is apt to get an extra share [of the spoils], 
either by actual capture, or by the vMling award of his 
comrades. H. Spencer, Prin. of Sociol., § 542. 
3. Characterized by promptness or readiness 
in action ; free from relactanee, laziness, or 
slowness: as, a willing horse; a willing hand. 
Mount the decks, and call the unlling wind. 
Pope, Odyssey, ix. 655. 
4t. In harmony or accord ; like-minded. 
I am perswaded the Devill himselfe was never willing 
with their proceedings. N. Ward, Simple Cobler, p. 22. 
= Syn. 1. Minded.— 2. Spontaneous, etc. See voluntary. 
willing-hearted (wil'ing-har"ted), a. Well-in- 
clined ; heartily consenting. Ex. xxxv. 22. 
■willingly (wil'ing-li), adv. [< ME. willingly; < 
willing + -lif-.'] In a -willing manner. Speciil- 
cally— (rt) Of 'one's own will, choice, or consent; volun- 
tarily; knowingly. 
Heer I swere that never willingly 
In werk ne thought I nil yow disobeye. 
Chaucer, Clerk's Tale, 1. 306. 
By labour and intense study, . . . joined with the strong 
propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so 
written to after-times as they should not willingly let it 
die. Milton, Church-Government, ii., Int. 
(6) Readily ; cheerfully. 
Not ... as it were of necessity, but willingly. 
Phile. 14. 
Proud of employment, tviUingly I go. 
Shak., h. L. L., ii. 1. 3R. 
They would willingly haue beene friends, or bane giuen 
any composition they could. 
Quoted in Capt. John Smith's Works, II. 90. 
■willingness (wil'lng-nes), n. 1. The state or 
character of being willing; free choice or con- 
sent of the will; readiness. 
I would expend it with all willingness. 
Shak., 2 Hen. VI., iii. 1. 160. 
Satan o'ercomes none but by Willingnesse. 
Uerrick, Temptations. 
Many brauado's they made, but, to appease their fury, 
our Captaine prepared with as seeming a unilingnesse (as 
they) to incounter them. 
Quoted in Caiit. John Smith's "Works, I. 177. 
Sweet is the love which comes with willingness. 
Dryden, Aurengzebe. ii. 1. 
They one after another declared their conviction of their 
errors, and their willingness to receive baptism. 
Preacott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 6. 
2t. Good will; readiness. 
We, having now the best at Bai'net field, 
Will thither straight, for willingness rids wav. 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., v. 3. 21. 
= Syn. 1. Forwardness, Willingness. See forwardness. 
will-in-the-wisp (wil'in-the-wisp), «. Same 
as iciU-o'-tlic-wisj). 
willow 
Willisian (wil'is-i-an), a. [< TTiUis (see def.) 
-1- -(««.] Of or pertaining to Thomas Willis, an 
English anatomist, famous for his researches 
on the brain and nerves. Specifically, in anat.: (a) 
Noting a remarkable anastomosis of arteries at the base 
of the brain. See circle of Willis, under circle. (6) Not- 
ing the old enumeration of nine pairs of cranial nerves 
(now counted as twelve pairs). 
Willis's disease. Diabetes. 
■williwaw (wil'i-wa), n. [Origin obscure.] A 
sudden, violent squall of wind. Also spelled 
willywaw. 
Those whirlwind squalls, formerly called, by the sealers 
in Tierra del Fuego, irilliwaws. They may be truly termed 
hurricane squalls — like those at Gibraltar, in a violent 
Levanter. Fit2 Roy, Weather Book, p. 126. 
■will-less (wil'les), a. [< wilt^ + -less.^ 1. 
Lacking will-power ; having no will or volition ; 
not volitional. 
A merely knowing, quite will-less being. 
Du Prel, Philos. of Mysticism (trans. 1889X II. 8. 
2. Involuntary. 
Your blind duty and will-less resignation. 
Richardson, Clarissa Harlowe, I. xv. 
■willock (wil'ok), 11. [Cf. Se. willick, a young 
lieron, also the puffin.] The common murre or 
guillemot, Vria troile or Lomvia troilf, a bird 
of the auk family, abundant on both coasts 
of the North Atlantic. Also toillcock. See cut 
under niurrc^. [Local, British.] 
will-o'-the-^wisp (wil'g-the-wisp), n. 1. The 
ignis fatuus; hence, any person or thing that 
deludes or misleads by dazzling, -visionary, or 
evanescent appearances. Also wiH-in-the-tpisp, 
will-tvitli-a-wisp, and Jack o' lantern. 
All this hide and seek, this irill-in-the-wisp, has no other 
meaning than a Christian marriage for sweet Mrs. Belinda. 
Vanbriigh, Provoked Wife, v. 3. 
Wicked sea-wiU-o'-the-icim ! 
Wolf of the shore ! dog, with thy lying lights 
Thou hast betray'd us on these rocks of thine ! 
Tennyson, Harold, it 1. 
2. A common fresh-water alga, Nostoc com- 
ninne: so named from its sudden and seem- 
ingly mysterious appearance. See Xostoc. 
mgl 
rilli 
willowl (wil'o), II. and a. [Also dial, willy; < 
ME. wilowc, wylow, weloglie, wilwe, wilge, < AS. 
welig = MD. welighe, wilghe, later wilge, D. wilg 
= MLG. LG. wilge, willow ; root uncertain. For 
other names, cf. sallow^ and witJiy.l I. n. 1. A 
plant of the genus Salix, consisting of trees, 
shrubs, and rarely almost herbaceous plants. 
Of the many species a few are of decided economic worth 
as furnishing osiers {osier willow, crack willow, purple wil- 
Black Willow (Salix ni^a). 
I. lir.inch with female ainent ; a. male ament ; a. capsule, 
opening : b, seed ; c, leaf. 
low, white trillow), or for their wood {crack iciUow, white 
rriUmc), or for their bark, which in northern Europe is 
esteemed equal to oak-bark for tanning. Many are excel- 
lent for fixing loose sands, some serve for hedges, while 
several are highly ornamental. A few plants with some 
similarity to the willow have borrowed its name. See 
osier, sallow, and the phrases below. 
Now trylous, busshes, bromes, thing that eseth 
Let plannte. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. .S.X p. 81. 
2. The wood of the willow; hence, in ba.se-ball 
and cricket, the bat Almond or almond-leafed 
-\rill0W, a moderate-sized tree, Salix amygdolina, found 
in wet grounds in the northern Old World, having the 
loaves white, l>ut not silky beneath. It is much culti- 
vated for basket-making. ,\lso FrcncA tnJfoir.- Baby- 
lonian willow (of Psalm cxxxvii), probably a species of 
poplar, Populus Fuphratiea. I'he weeping willow was 
