<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A carpet woven like Brussels carpet, on a Jacquard loom but having the loops cut to form a velvet pile.</li><li>The wood of any of these trees.</li><li>Informal: Something, especially a cricket bat, made of willow wood.</li><li>Also called willower, willy.</li><li>A machine consisting essentially of a cylinder armed with spikes revolving within a spiked casing, for opening and cleaning cotton or other fiber.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>To treat (textile fibers) with a willow.</li></ul>