willyart, wilyard

[From wild, a.] Wild, strange, unaccountable, shy. ( Scotch.) "Eh, sirs, but human nature's a willful and wilyard thing."- Scott: Antiquary, ch. xxv. wil'-lỹ nil-lỹ, phr. [Eng. will, v., and nill.) Astron.: Another name for Rice-grains (q. v.). Will he or will he not; will ye or will ye not. IMG:content-0912.png:[blocks in formation] plumage. Length about five inches; dull olive-green on the upper part of the body; chin, throat, and breast yellowish-white; abdomen nearly pure white, In temperate climates the Willow-wren begins to couple about the end of April. The nest is placed on the ground, most commonly against a bank among long gra or weeds, but often at the foot of a bush, and, like that of the Wood-wren, is chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; *wilne, v . t . [A. S. wilnian .] To will; to desire. wil-some, a . [In sense 1, from Eng. will , s.; in sense 2, perhaps from Eng. will , v.; but cf. Icel.