Willy

adv. [From wily.] In a wily manner; by stratagem; with insidious art. Josh. ix. 4.

n. 1. A large wicker basket. [Prov. Eng.] 2. A machine for opening and cleansing wool, similar to the willow used in cotton manufactures; — called also twilly, twilly-devil, and devil. ‡‡ In this sense, the word is supposed to be a corruption of the willow of the cotton manufacture.