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English physician and natural philosopher (1544?-1603)
William Gilbert (/ˈɡɪlbərt/; 24 May 1544? – 30 November 1603), also known as Gilberd, was an English physician, physicist and natural philosopher. He
William_Gilbert_(physicist)
Topics referred to by the same term
William Gilbert may refer to: William Gilbert (author) (1804–1890), English novelist and surgeon (father of W. S. Gilbert) W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911), British
William_Gilbert
Victorian-era theatrical partnership
Gilbert and Sullivan were a Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan. The two men collaborated
Gilbert_and_Sullivan
English dramatist, poet and illustrator (1836–1911)
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 – 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his collaboration
W._S._Gilbert
American mathematician (born 1934)
William Gilbert "Gil" Strang (born November 27, 1934) is an American mathematician known for his contributions to finite element theory, the calculus
Gilbert_Strang
The William Gilbert Award is presented annually by the Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism section of the American Geophysical Union and is "in recognition
William_Gilbert_Award
English cricketer (1848–1915)
William Gilbert Grace (18 July 1848 – 23 October 1915) was an English cricketer who is widely held to have been one of the sport's all-time greatest players
W._G._Grace
American comedian and actor (1894–1971)
William Gilbert Barron (September 12, 1894 – September 23, 1971), known professionally as Billy Gilbert, was an American actor and comedian. He was known
Billy_Gilbert
Founder of Queenstown, New Zealand (1827–1898)
William Gilbert Rees (6 April 1827 – 31 October 1898) was an explorer, surveyor, and early settler in Central Otago, New Zealand. He and fellow explorer
William_Gilbert_Rees
British social geographer
Edmund William Gilbert (1900–1973) was a British social geographer. He was professor of geography at the University of Oxford, from 1953 to 1967. and
Edmund_William_Gilbert
English founder of a sports equipment manufacturer
William Gilbert (1799–1877), established Gilbert company, the manufacturer of sports equipment, in 1823. Gilbert had a boot and shoemakers shop on 19 High
William_Gilbert_(rugby)
English writer, surgeon, and father of dramatist W. S. Gilbert (1804-1890)
William Gilbert (20 May 1804 – 3 January 1890) was an English writer and Royal Navy surgeon. He wrote a considerable number of novels, biographies, histories
William_Gilbert_(author)
British civil servant
Sir Bernard William Gilbert, GCB, KBE (1891 – 7 November 1957) was a British civil servant who served as Joint Secretary in HM Treasury from 1944 to 1956
Bernard_William_Gilbert
Musical artist
Michael William Gilbert (born August 17, 1954) is an American music composer working in the genres of electronic music and world music. Michael William Gilbert
Michael_William_Gilbert
King of England from 1066 to 1087
when Alan died in either late 1039 or October 1040, Gilbert of Brionne took charge of William. Gilbert was killed within months, and another guardian, Turchetil
William_the_Conqueror
Device that simulates Earth's magnetic field
Earth, that is thought to have been invented by the English physician William Gilbert while investigating magnetism, and further developed 300 years later
Terrella
New Zealand missionary (1805–1878)
William Gilbert Puckey (5 May 1805 – 27 March 1878), born in Penryn, England, was a missionary in New Zealand. He accompanied his parents to New Zealand
William_Gilbert_Puckey
British painter
William Gilbert Foster (9 May 1855 – 3 July 1906) was a British painter. Senior member of the Staithes group of artists, he had a studio at Runswick Bay
William_Gilbert_Foster
South Australian pastoralist and vigneron
William Gilbert (12 October 1850 – 29 March 1923) was a South Australian pastoralist and vigneron. He was born the only son of Joseph Gilbert (1800–1881)
William_Gilbert_(pastoralist)
Book by William Gilbert
scientific work published in 1600 by the English physician and scientist William Gilbert. A highly influential and successful book, it exerted an immediate
De_Magnete
British paleobotanist (1928–2016)
William Gilbert Chaloner FRS (22 November 1928 – 13 October 2016) was a British palaeobotanist. He was Professor of Botany in the Earth Sciences Department
William_Gilbert_Chaloner
History of the study of Earth's magnetic field
understanding the Earth's field began with de Magnete, a book published by William Gilbert in 1600. His experiments with a magnetic model of the Earth convinced
History_of_geomagnetism
English cricketer
William Gilbert (4 June 1856 – 4 January 1918) was an English cricketer. Gilbert was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm fast. He was
William_Gilbert_(cricketer)
William Gilbert Mair (20 November 1832 – 8 July 1912) was a soldier, resident magistrate, and judge of the Native Land Court in early New Zealand. Born
William_Gilbert_Mair
Australian politician
William Gilbert (23 February 1829 – 4 February 1919) was a politician and philanthropist in South Australia. He was a member of the South Australian House
William_Gilbert_(politician)
American writer
William George "Gilbert" Patten (October 25, 1866 – January 16, 1945) was a writer of dime novels and is best known as author of the Frank Merriwell stories
Gilbert_Patten
Mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada from 1916 to 1920
William Gilbert Gosling (September 8, 1863 – November 5, 1930) was a politician, businessman and author. From 1916 to 1920, he served as the mayor of
William_Gilbert_Gosling
English explorer, politician and soldier (c.1539–1583)
Sir Humphrey Gilbert (c. 1539 – 9 September 1583) was an English adventurer, explorer, member of parliament and soldier who served during the reign of
Humphrey_Gilbert
William W. Gilbert (before March 5, 1746 – February 14, 1832) was an American silversmith, active in New York City. Gilbert was born in New York City
William_W._Gilbert
American painter
William Gilbert Gaul (March 31, 1855–December 21, 1919) was a late 19th and early 20th century American painter and illustrator of military subjects ranging
Gilbert_Gaul_(artist)
measure magnetomotive force. The unit is named for English physicist William Gilbert. Definition: 1 Gb = (1/4π) Bi-t Conversion to the corresponding quantity
Gilbert_(unit)
British politician (1927–2013)
John William Gilbert, Baron Gilbert, PC (5 April 1927 – 2 June 2013) was a British Labour Party politician. Gilbert's father was a civil servant. Baron
John_Gilbert,_Baron_Gilbert
Early scientific instrument to detect charge
pivoted needle (called the versorium), invented by British physician William Gilbert around 1600. The pith-ball electroscope and the gold-leaf electroscope
Electroscope
American teacher and author
William Gilbert Anderson (September 9, 1860 – July 7, 1947) was an American pioneer of physical education, physician and writer. Anderson was born in
William_Gilbert_Anderson
Sports equipment company
oldest sports companies in the world, the company was established by William Gilbert, a cobbler, in 1823, who along with his nephew, James, developed footballs
Gilbert_Rugby
Canadian politician (1896–1971)
William Gilbert Weir (1 July 1896 – 12 December 1971) was a Canadian politician and was the longest serving Liberal-Progressive Member of Parliament in
William_Gilbert_Weir
staple in Newfoundland's history. Born in Bermuda in September 1863, William Gilbert Gosling was the second of six sons. He was known for being a political
Gosling_Memorial_Library
American politician
William Augustus Gilbert (January 25, 1815 – May 25, 1875) was a U.S. representative from New York. Born in Gilead, Connecticut, Gilbert moved with his
William_A._Gilbert
Study of organic evolution of plants based on fossils
nastae Edward W. Berry (1875–1945), paleoecology and phytogeography William Gilbert Chaloner (1928–2016) Isabel Cookson (1893–1973), early vascular plants
Paleobotany
12th-century English nobleman
William de Lancaster I (d. circa 1170), or William Fitz Gilbert, was a nobleman of the 12th century in Northwest England during the Anarchy, and the period
William_de_Lancaster_I
American arcade game manufacturer
California, incorporated in February 1967 by William Gilbert Nutting. In 1977 the company was purchased by William "Si" Redd and eventually absorbed into the
Nutting_Associates
American actress (born 1964)
Melissa Ellen Gilbert (born May 8, 1964) is an American actress. Gilbert began her career as a child actress in the late 1960s, appearing in numerous commercials
Melissa_Gilbert
the presence of static electric charge. It was invented in 1600 by William Gilbert, physician to Queen Elizabeth I. The versorium is a needle constructed
Versorium
American publisher and philanthropist (1941–2020)
mansion. Getty was born Ann Gilbert on March 11, 1941, in Gustine, California. Her parents, William Gilbert and Anna Bekedam Gilbert, managed a dairy farm.
Ann_Getty
British civil servant
Stuart William Gilbert CB (August 1926 in Maidstone, Kent, England – December 2007 near Cambridge, England) was a British Civil Servant who was Director
Stuart Gilbert (civil servant)
Stuart_Gilbert_(civil_servant)
1638 novel by Francis Godwin
by name, the book also draws on the theories of Johannes Kepler and William Gilbert. Godwin's astronomical theories were greatly influenced by Galileo
The_Man_in_the_Moone
Historic Anglo-Saxon church
restoration work in 1886. The church contains a mural alabaster monument to William Gilbert. Holy Trinity Church was closed in 1953, and officially made redundant
Holy Trinity Church, Colchester
Holy_Trinity_Church,_Colchester
American serial murderer and former nurse
Kristen Heather Gilbert (née Strickland; born November 13, 1967) is an American serial killer and former nurse who was convicted of four murders and two
Kristen_Gilbert
antiquiora (circa 1590) Johannes Kepler, Mysterium Cosmographicum (1596) William Gilbert, De Magnete (1600) Galileo Galilei, Le Mecaniche (circa 1600) Johannes
List of publications in physics
List_of_publications_in_physics
Topics referred to by the same term
(Gb), a unit of length for DNA Gilbert (unit) (Gb), a unit of magnetization named for English physicist William Gilbert Government and binding theory,
GB
Road), and was built by Dr. William Poole and Elizabeth Gilbert Poole, son in law of the first physician, Dr. William Gilbert, in Fulton County, Georgia
Cascade_Mansion
English cricketer
William Gilbert Grace Jr (6 July 1874 – 2 March 1905) was an English first-class cricketer who was the first-born son of W. G. Grace. He won scholarships
W._G._Grace_Jr
American judge (1847–1931)
William Ball Gilbert (July 4, 1847 – April 27, 1931) was an American attorney and jurist from Oregon. He served as a United States circuit judge of the
William_Ball_Gilbert
American comedian (1955–2022)
Gilbert Jeremy Gottfried (February 28, 1955 – April 12, 2022) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He was best known for his exaggerated shrill
Gilbert_Gottfried
Village in Derbyshire, England
school in Duffield was Duffield Boys' Endowed School, now known as the William Gilbert School, originally in the centre of the village next to the Ecclesbourne
Duffield,_Derbyshire
Venetian mathematician
Galileo. He was also a friend and correspondent of English scientist William Gilbert. He is remembered today mainly because he appears as one of the figures
Giovanni_Francesco_Sagredo
Electromagnetic property of matter
De Magnete by the English scientist William Gilbert in 1600. In this book, there was a small section where Gilbert returned to the amber effect (as he
Electric_charge
Brother of William Shakespeare
brother of playwright and poet William Shakespeare. His name is found in local records of Stratford-upon-Avon and London. Gilbert's father, John Shakespeare
Gilbert_Shakespeare
Mother of William Shakespeare (1536-1608)
Mary bore eight children: Joan (1558), Margaret (1562–1563), William (1564–1616), Gilbert (1566–1612), Joan (1569–1646), Anne (1571–1579), Richard (1574–1613)
Mary_Shakespeare
Australian bushranger
goldfields. Nine members of the Gilbert family arrived in Port Phillip on board the Revenue in October 1852. They included William and Eliza, Eleanor (Ellen)
John_Gilbert_(bushranger)
Surname list
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911), English dramatist and librettist of Gilbert and Sullivan operas Mary Schwenck (born 1778), aunt of William Gilbert
Schwenck_(name)
12th-century Chancellor of England
William FitzGilbert was the fifteenth Lord Chancellor of England, from 1141 to 1142, serving the Empress Matilda. Powicke Handbook of British Chronology
William_FitzGilbert
New Zealand surveyor, interpreter, soldier, public servant (1843–1923)
January 1843, the son of an early trader, also named Gilbert Mair. His brother was Major William Gilbert Mair. Raised amongst Maori, he was a fluent Maori
Gilbert_Mair_(soldier)
British avant-garde painter and sculptor
Gilbert was born in the village of Wormit, Fife to English parents Francis Gordon William Gilbert, a Commander in the Royal Navy, and Cicely Gilbert (née Kellett)
Stephen_Gilbert
Surname list
surname include: George Van Tassel (1910–1978) Gilbert Van Tassel Hamilton (1877–1943) William Gilbert van Tassel Sutphen (1861–1945) Park Van Tassel
Van_Tassel
Topics referred to by the same term
William Chaloner may refer to: William Chaloner (1650s, or 1665–1699), con artist William Gilbert Chaloner (1928–2016), British paleobotanist William
William Chaloner (disambiguation)
William_Chaloner_(disambiguation)
Sir William Herbert Ellery Gilbert, KBE, DSO (born Herbert Ellery Gilbert; 20 July 1916 – 26 September 1987), was a New Zealand military leader and intelligence
Bill Gilbert (intelligence service director)
Bill_Gilbert_(intelligence_service_director)
Captain Gilbert Mair and Major William Gilbert Mair. Mair is a direct-line ancestor of Māori politician and activist Ken Mair. In 1835 Gilbert Mair senior
Gilbert_Mair_(trader)
Canadian physicist
of Planetary Physics at University of Toronto. She was awarded the William Gilbert Award by the AGU in 2010 and was awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship
Sabine_Stanley
Father of playwright William Shakespeare
(bap. 2 December 1562 – buried 30 April 1563), William (bap. 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616), Gilbert (bap. 13 October 1566 – bur. 2 February 1612), Joan
John_Shakespeare
Political party in the United States
the party focused on the House election where they ran William Gilbert as their candidate. Gilbert again received 2.7 percent of the vote. In November 2025
Moderate Party of Rhode Island
Moderate_Party_of_Rhode_Island
Topics referred to by the same term
financier Michael T. Gilbert, American comic book artist and writer Michael William Gilbert, American music composer Michael Gilbert, victim of 2009 murder
Michael Gilbert (disambiguation)
Michael_Gilbert_(disambiguation)
Town in Maricopa County, Arizona
on July 6, 1920, Gilbert was once known as the "Hay Shipping Capital of the World". Gilbert was established by William "Bobby" Gilbert, who provided land
Gilbert,_Arizona
Sporting equipment
similar dimensions used in American, Canadian and Australian football. William Gilbert started making footballs for the neighbouring Rugby School in 1823
Rugby_ball
French nobleman (1000–1040)
of the early guardians of Duke William II in his minority, and a first cousin to William's father Duke Robert. Gilbert de Brionne was son of Geoffrey
Gilbert,_Count_of_Brionne
American dramatist
William Gilbert van Tassel Sutphen (1861–1945) was an American playwright, librettist, novelist, and editor, an authority and author of publications on
Van_Tassel_Sutphen
1999 British film by Mike Leigh
Pidgeon, Gilbert's butler Kate Doherty as Mrs. Judd, Gilbert's house-keeper and cook Keeley Gainey as Gilbert's maid Charles Simon as Mr. William Gilbert, Gilbert's
Topsy-Turvy
Urinary bladder of a domestic pig, with many human uses
football[when defined as?]. In the early 19th century the inventor William Gilbert used pig bladders in the manufacture of rugby balls. Decades later
Pig_bladder
Organisation in New Zealand
Zealand to bring the Gospel to the Māori people. William Hall, William Puckey (Senior), William Gilbert Puckey designed and built Herald, a 55-ton schooner
Church Missionary Society in New Zealand
Church_Missionary_Society_in_New_Zealand
Flanders. Gilbert de Gant was a kinsman of Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror. He had two older brothers, Baldwin and Ralph. Gilbert of Ghent
Gilbert_de_Gant
American actor and director (1891–1961)
Billy Gilbert (born William V. Campbell in Hollywood, California; September 15, 1891—April 29, 1961) was involved in more 150 American films between 1913
Billy Gilbert (silent film actor)
Billy_Gilbert_(silent_film_actor)
Surname list
propmaker William Gosling (1892–1945), English recipient of the Victoria Cross William Gosling (born 1932), British electrical engineer William Gilbert Gosling
Gosling_(surname)
Surname list
Gilbert is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Adrian Gilbert (born 1954)
Gilbert_(surname)
Sir John William Gilbert KBE, KCSG, KSS, JP (23 October 1871 – 21 December 1934) was an alderman of the London County Council (LCC) from 1910 until his
John_Gilbert_(alderman)
William de Lode (died 12 May 1403), also known as William Gilbert, was the Prior of Spinney Abbey in Cambridgeshire from 1390 to 1403. He is recorded
William_de_Lode
Newfoundland suffragist
Nutting met William Gilbert Gosling, a fellow resident originally from Bermuda. The two became engaged in 1886 and married in 1888. Gilbert Gosling went
Armine_Nutting_Gosling
English cricketer
Charles Arthur William Gilbert (9 January 1855 – 28 September 1937) was an English cricketer. Gilbert was a right-handed batsman bowled both right-arm
Charles_Gilbert_(cricketer)
amber', was first used to refer to amber's attractive properties by William Gilbert in his 1600 text De Magnete. The term came from the classical Latin
Etymology_of_electricity
English cricketing family
emigrated to Australasia: William Gilbert Rees (1827–98), played one first-class match for New South Wales in 1856. William Lee Rees (1836–1912), played
Grace_family
College of the University of Cambridge, in England
Wood, Master 1815–39, as well as alumni including William Wilberforce, Thomas Clarkson and William Gilbert. The college tower can be climbed and is accessed
St_John's_College,_Cambridge
New Zealand cricketer and politician
three. He was run out for a duck in the second innings. His cousin, William Gilbert Rees, playing in the same match, made 28 in the first innings before
William_Lee_Rees
Hotel in Queenstown, New Zealand
listed as a Category Two historic place by the Historic Places Trust. William Gilbert Rees, one of the first Europeans to settle the Queenstown area, arrived
Eichardt's_Hotel
Suburb in Queenstown, New Zealand
named after Frances—the wife of the area's first European settler William Gilbert Rees. He started farming at Queenstown in 1860, and Frankton was established
Frankton,_Otago
Historic district in North Carolina, United States
Revolutionary War. Gilbert Town included the William Gilbert House, a store, tavern, mill, and blacksmith shop. Gilbert Town was also the site of the Rutherford
Gilbert Town Historic District
Gilbert_Town_Historic_District
Canadian political label
Richmond Bissett, Robert Forke, James Allison Glen, George William McDonald and William Gilbert Weir. Forke and Glen became ministers in Liberal cabinets
Liberal-Progressive
Anglo-Norman nobleman, Lord Marshal under Henry III
Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke (c. 1194/1207 – 27 June 1241) was the third son of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Countess Isabel, the
Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke
Gilbert_Marshal,_4th_Earl_of_Pembroke
Lunar surface depression
whose 1651 nomenclature system has become standardized. Previously, William Gilbert had included it among the Continens Meridionalis ("Southern Continent")
Mare_Nubium
Welsh cricketer & rugby union footballer (1925–2000)
William Gilbert Anthony Parkhouse (12 October 1925 – 10 August 2000) was a Welsh cricketer who played in seven Tests for England in 1950, 1950–51 and
Gilbert_Parkhouse
Group of islands in Kiribati
Captain William L. Hudson, visited many of the Gilbert Islands (then called the Kingsmill Islands or Kingsmill Group in English). While in the Gilberts, they
Gilbert_Islands
RNLI lifeboat station in Swansea, Wales
ship SS Samtampa, 23 April 1947 William John Gammon, Coxswain (47) William Noel, Second Coxswain (42) William Gilbert Davies, Mechanic (42) Ernest Griffin
The_Mumbles_Lifeboat_Station
WILLIAM GILBERT
WILLIAM GILBERT
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of William, from a central French form in which W is replaced by G.
Male
English
 Variant spelling of English Killeen, KILLIAN means "little warrior." Compare with another form of Killian.
Male
English
 Pet form of English William, WILLIE means "will-helmet." Compare with another form of Willie.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English, French, German, Swiss
Will Helmet; Resolute Protector; Will; Son of William
Male
Scottish
Scottish Gaelic form of German Wilhelm, UILLEAM means "will-helmet."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Gilliam.
Male
English
English form of Norman French Willelm, WILLIAM means "will-helmet."
Female
English
English variant spelling of Roman Latin Jillian, GILLIAN means "descended from Jupiter (Jove)."
Boy/Male
German
Form of William; Resolute Protector
Boy/Male
German American English
Will-helmet. Famous Bearers: poet and playwright William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and William...
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Lilian, LILLIAN means "lily."
Male
Irish
Irish Gaelic form of German Wilhelm, UILLIAM means "will-helmet."
Boy/Male
Shakespearean American French Teutonic English German
Henry VI, 2' Sir John Stanley. 'Henry VI, Part III' Sir William Stanley. 'As You Like It' A...
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Gilliam, which is itself a variant of William.
Male
Scottish
 Pet form of Scottish Gaelic Uilleam, WILLIE means "will-helmet." Compare with another form of Willie.
Female
English
Short form of English Lillian, LILLIA means "lily."
Boy/Male
Irish
cille means “â€associated with the church.â€â€ One St. Cillian left Ireland in about 650 AD with eleven companions and carried out his missionary work in the Rhine region of Germany where he became Bishop of Wurzburg after converting the local lord, Duke Gosbert of Wurzburg, to Christianity. Later Duke Gosbert married Geilana, his brother’s widow and Cillian declared the marriage invalid. While Gosbert was away on a military expedition, Geilana had Cillian beheaded when she found that Gosbert was going to leave her because their marriage was forbidden by the Church. The city of Wurzburg still celebrates a festival of mystery plays each year, known as Killianfest.
Male
German
 Variant spelling of German Kilian, KILLIAN means "little warrior." Compare with another form of Killian.
Female
Scottish
Variant spelling of Scottish Lilias, LILLIAS means "lily."
Boy/Male
German Teutonic Dutch
Will-helmet. Famous Bearers: poet and playwright William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and William...
WILLIAM GILBERT
WILLIAM GILBERT
Male
Spanish
 Pet form of Spanish Enrique, QUIQUE means "home-ruler." Compare with another form of Quique.
Girl/Female
English American
Winged.
Female
English
Variant spelling of German Irma, ERMA means "entire, whole."
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Chinese, Christian, French
Stony Place; Song to Sing; Stony Spot
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
A Bird; Kuku
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a medieval personal name, a short form of Philpott.English : topographic name for someone who lived by a depression in the ground, from Middle English pot ‘drinking or storage vessel’ used in this transferred sense, or a habitational name from one of the minor places deriving their name from this word, in the sense ‘pit’, ‘hole’.English and North German (Lower Rhine-Westphalia) : metonymic occupational name for a potter, from Middle English, Middle Low German pot ‘pot’. See also Potter.North German : topographic name for someone living on a low-lying plot, from Low German dialect pÅt ‘puddle’.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lord Krishna
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
Henry VI, Part 1' Reignier, Duke of Anjou, and titular King of Naples.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place called Watton, as for example one in Norfolk, named from the Old English personal name Wada + tūn ‘settlement’, or another, in East Yorkshire, which takes its name from Old English wǣt ‘wet’ + dūn ‘hill’.
Female
Japanese
(1-æ, 2- 京, 3- å”, 4- 郷) Japanese unisex name KYOU means 1) "apricot," 2) "capital," 3) "cooperation," or 4) "village."Â
WILLIAM GILBERT
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n.
A dam or mound to obstruct a water course, and raise the water to a height sufficient to turn a mill wheel.
n.
Alt. of Willywaw
v. t.
Received of choice, or without reluctance; submitted to voluntarily; chosen; desired.
a.
Content; easy in mind; satisfied; quiet; willing.
a.
Willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable.
a.
Capable of being appeased or pacified; ready or willing to be pacified; willing to forgive or condone.
n.
One who works at a willying machine.
n.
Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer.
v. t.
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.
n.
Willing acceptance.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Will
v. t.
Spontaneous; self-moved.
a.
Willing to receive counsel or follow advice.
adv.
Willing; disposed.
n.
The power of willing or determining; will.
a.
Of or relating to Sir William Herschel; as, the Herschelian telescope.
n.
A girl; esp., a wanton; a gill.
a.
Willing; ready to agree or consent.
a.
Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.
a.
Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant.