n. [ See Apparel, n. & v. ] Preparation. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A club; esp., a policeman's club. Also called billy club [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. (Wool Manuf.) A slubbing or roving machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A flat-bottomed river barge or coasting vessel. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. see billy, n. 1. [ PJC ]

n. a policeman's club; a nightstick.
Syn. -- truncheon, nightstick, billy, billy club. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ n., or . [ Perh. from bully + cock; that is, cocked like the hats of the bullies. ] A round, low-crowned felt hat; a wideawake. “The undignified billycocks and pantaloons of the West.” B. H. Chamberlain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Little acquiesced, and Ransome disguised him in a beard, and a loose set of clothes, and a billicock hat. Charles Reade. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

A male goat. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a large amount; British say "it rained like billyo" where Americans say "it rained like the devil". [ British ]
Syn. -- billy-ho. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a policeman's club.
Syn. -- truncheon, nightstick, billy, billy club. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Moderately cold; cold and raw or damp so as to cause shivering; causing or feeling a disagreeable sensation of cold, or a shivering. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Contr. fr. diligence. ] A kind of stagecoach. “The Derby dilly.” J. H. Frere. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. something remarkable, highly unusual, or exceptionally effective; as, a dilly of a movie; when I make a mistake, it's a dilly. [ PJC ]

v. i. [ See Dally. ] To loiter or trifle; to waste time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. imitative. ] (Zool.) The ring plover. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an evil manner; not well; ill. [ Obs. ] “Good deeds evilly bestowed.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Fillies [ Cf. Icel. fylia, fr. foli foal. See Foal. ] 1. (Zool.) A female foal or colt; a young mare. Cf. Colt, Foal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neighing in likeness of a filly foal. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A lively, spirited young girl. [ Colloq. ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Weakly; infirmly. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Having decorative ruffles or frills.
Syn. -- frilled, ruffled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. [ From Gentil, a. ] In a gentle or hoble manner; frankly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Gael. gille, giolla, boy, lad. ] A boy or young man; a manservant; a young male attendant, in the Scottish Highlands. Sir W. Scott. [ wns=1 ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a lowcut shoe without a tongue and decorative lacing.
Syn. -- ghillie. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. gilofre, gilofer, clove, OF. girofre, girofle, F. girofle: cf. F. giroflée gillyflower, fr. girofle, Gr. &unr_; clove tree; &unr_; nut + &unr_; leaf, akin to E. foliage. Cf. Caryophyllus, July-flower. ] [ Written also gilliflower. ] (Bot.) 1. A name given by old writers to the clove pink (Dianthus Caryophyllus) but now to the common stock (Matthiola incana), a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant blossoms, usually purplish, but often pink or white. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red color, and having a large core.

Clove gillyflower, the clove pink. --
Marsh gillyflower, the ragged robin (Lychnis Flos-cuculi). --
Queen's gillyflower, or
Winter gillyflower, damewort. --
Sea gillyflower, the thrift (Armeria vulgaris). --
Wall gillyflower, the wallflower (Cheiranthus Cheiri). --
Water gillyflower, the water violet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Grill, v. t. ] To broil; to grill; hence, To harass. [ Obs. ] Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Abounding with hills; uneven in surface; as, a hilly country. “Hilly steep.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lofty; as, hilly empire. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ A word not fully approved, but sometimes used for the adverb ill. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Uncivilly. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) An Australian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia Smithii), having smooth ovate leaves, and panicles of small white flowers. The wood is hard and fine-grained. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phillyrin + -gen + -in. ] (Chem.) A pearly crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of phillyrin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;. ] (Bot.) A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the Mediterranean, and bearing a fruit resembling that of the olive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from Phillyrea as a bitter white crystalline substance. It is sometimes used as a febrifuge. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OF. piccagilles the several divisions of pieces fastened together about the brim of the collar of a doublet, a dim. fr. Sp. picado, p. p. of picar to prick. See Pike. ] A high, stiff collar for the neck; also, a hem or band about the skirt of a garment, -- worn by men in the 17th century. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. cuir bouilli. ] Leather softened by boiling so as to take any required shape. Upon drying, it becomes exceedingly hard, and hence was formerly used for armor. [ Obs. ] “His jambeux were of quyrboilly.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. [ A reduplication of shall I. ] In an irresolute, undecided, or hesitating manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am somewhat dainty in making a resolution, because when I make it, I keep it; I don't stand shill-I-shall-I then; if I say 't, I'll do 't. Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupy one's self with trifles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Irresolution; hesitation; also, occupation with trifles. [ 1913 Webster ]

She lost not one of her forty-five minutes in picking and choosing, -- no shilly-shally in Kate. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat shrill. [ Poetic ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some kept up a shrilly mellow sound. Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a shrill manner; acutely; with a sharp sound or voice. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Sillier superl. Silliest. ] [ OE. seely, sely, AS. s&unr_;lig, ges&unr_;lig, happy, good, fr. s&unr_;l, s&unr_;l, good, happy, s&unr_;l good fortune, happines; akin to OS. sālig, a, good, happy, D. zalig blessed, G. selig, OHG. sālīg, Icel. s&unr_;l, Sw. säll, Dan. salig, Goth. s&unr_;ls good, kind, and perh. also to L. sollus whole, entire, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, Skr. sarva. Cf. Seel, n. ] 1. Happy; fortunate; blessed. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Harmless; innocent; inoffensive. [ Obs. ] “This silly, innocent Custance.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The silly virgin strove him to withstand. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

A silly, innocent hare murdered of a dog. Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Weak; helpless; frail. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

After long storms . . .
With which my silly bark was tossed sore. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The silly buckets on the deck. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Rustic; plain; simple; humble. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A fourth man, in a sillyhabit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

All that did their silly thoughts so busy keep. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind; foolish; witless; simple; as, a silly woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Simple; brainless; witless; shallow; foolish; unwise; indiscreet. See Simple. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prov. E. silly-hew; cf. AS. s&aemacr_;lig happy, good, and hūfe a cap, hood. See Silly, a. ] A caul. See Caul, n., 3. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Still; quiet; calm. [ 1913 Webster ]

The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a still manner; quietly; silently; softly. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

The hum of either army stilly sounds. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

interj., adv., or a. A word of unknown origin and signification, formerly used as expressive of contempt, or when anything said was rejected as trifling or impertinent. [ Written also tille-vally, tilly-fally, tille-fally, and otherwise. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The sanderling; -- so called from its cry. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a tranquil manner; calmly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Willy. ] A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willy or willying machine; -- called also twilly devil, and devil. See Devil, n., 6, and Willy. Tomlinson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Unsely. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Vanillic + -yl. ] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical characteristic of vanillic alcohol. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Willow. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A large wicker basket. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Textile Manuf.) Same as 1st Willow, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The process of cleansing wool, cotton, or the like, with a willy, or willow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Willying machine. Same as 1st Willow, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whether I (he, she, they) want to or not. See Will I, nill I, etc., under 3d Will. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Naut.) A whirlwind, or whirlwind squall, encountered in the Straits of Magellan. W. C. Russell. [ 1913 Webster ]