willing, willyng, wyllyng

[English will; -ing. ] 1. Ready to do, grant, or concede; having the mind inclined to anything; not disposed to refuse; not averse; inclined to comply; consenting, com plying, ready. "I trouble thee too much, but thou art willing." Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar, iv. 3. *2. Pleased, contented, gratified. "He strays with willing sport to the wild ocean." Shakesp.: Two Gentlemen, ii. 7 IMG:content-0908.png:[blocks in formation] covered with a dome having a rather wide hole in * To wear the willow : To a ume mourning or the side, whence this species and its congeners are grieve for a lost lover. willow-beauty, s. IMG:content-0909.png:[blocks in formation] *4. Spontaneous, self-moving. Dryden. "No spouts of blood run willing from a tree." 5. Favorable, propitious. "Mount the decks, and call the willing winds." Pope: Homer's Ody ey, ix. 655. *willing-hearted, a. Well-disposed; having a willing or ready mind or disposition; readily con. senting. "They came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted."- Exodus xxxv. 22. wil-ling-lý, adv . [Eng. willing ; -ly.] 1. In a willing manner; with willingne ; voluntarily; of one's own free choice. "To give up willingly that noble title." Shakesp.: Henry VIII ., iii. 1. 2. Readily, gladly. "Thou knowest how willingly effect the match." Shakesp.: Two Gentlemen, iii. 2. *3. On purpose; knowingly. "Still thou mistakest, or else commit'st thy knaveries willingly."-Shakesp.: Midsummer Night's Dream, iii. 2.