(n.) A kind of willow (Salix viminalis) growing in wet places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North America. It is considered the best of the willows for basket work. The name is sometimes given to any kind of willow.
(n.) One of the long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of other similar plants.
(a.) Made of osiers; composed of, or containing, osiers.
Example Sentences:
(1) The paper presents the results of a 10-year study on waste water purification in forest soil, under conditions of lysimeters and in the field, using pine-, larch- and osier cultures.
Tumbril
Definition:
(n.) A cucking stool for the punishment of scolds.
(n.) A rough cart.
(n.) A cart or carriage with two wheels, which accompanies troops or artillery, to convey the tools of pioneers, cartridges, and the like.
(n.) A kind of basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep.
Example Sentences:
(1) His conference activists see their councillors executed by the tumbril-load.
(2) October 1917 had been relegated to a past that would never be repeated, just like the tumbrils in Paris in 1793 or Charles I’s public execution outside the palace at Westminster.