Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
crack-willow (which see, underwillow ).
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Besides the hawthorn and briar there were several species of willow -- the snake-skin willow, so called because it sheds its bark; the 'snap-willow,' which is so brittle that every gale breaks off its feeble twigs, and pollards.
Round About a Great Estate Richard Jefferies 1867
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