Willier
(Wil"li*er) n. One who works at a willying machine.
Willing
(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
(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
(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
(Wil"li*waw, Wil"ly*waw) n. (Naut.) A whirlwind, or whirlwind squall, encountered in the Straits
of Magellan. W. C. Russell.
Willock
(Wil"lock) n. (Zoöl.) (a) The common guillemot. (b) The puffin. [Prov. Eng.]
