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    tom thumb
    [ noun ]
    1. an imaginary hero of English folklore who was no taller than his father's thumb

    2. <noun.person>
    3. a very small person

    4. <noun.person>


    Willow \Wil"low\, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin
    to OD. wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. {Willy}.]
    1. (Bot.) 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.

    And I must wear the willow garland
    For him that's dead or false to me. --Campbell.

    2. (Textile Manuf.) 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}.

    {Almond willow}, {Pussy willow}, {Weeping willow}. (Bot.) See
    under {Almond}, {Pussy}, and {Weeping}.

    {Willow biter} (Zo["o]l.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.]

    {Willow fly} (Zo["o]l.), a greenish European stone fly
    ({Chloroperla viridis}); -- called also {yellow Sally}.

    {Willow gall} (Zo["o]l.), a conical, scaly gall produced on
    willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia
    strobiloides}).

    {Willow grouse} (Zo["o]l.), the white ptarmigan. See
    {ptarmigan}.

    {Willow lark} (Zo["o]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]

    {Willow ptarmigan} (Zo["o]l.)
    (a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting.
    See under {Reed}.
    (b) A sparrow ({Passer salicicolus}) native of Asia,
    Africa, and Southern Europe.

    {Willow tea}, the prepared leaves of a species of willow
    largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively
    used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for
    tea. --McElrath.

    {Willow thrush} (Zo["o]l.), a variety of the veery, or
    Wilson's thrush. See {Veery}.

    {Willow warbler} (Zo["o]l.), a very small European warbler
    ({Phylloscopus trochilus}); -- called also {bee bird},
    {haybird}, {golden wren}, {pettychaps}, {sweet William},
    {Tom Thumb}, and {willow wren}.

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