To be unwilling; will not (+ infinitive).
I here auow thee neuer to forſake. Ill weares he armes, that nill them vſe for Ladies ſake.
To be unwilling.
I must indeed abide the Doom of Men, whether I will or I nill:[…]
To reject, refuse, negate.
Certes (ſayd he) I n’ill thine offred grace, Ne to be made ſo happy doe intend[…].
Shining sparks thrown off from melted brass.
Scales of hot iron from the forge.
Synonym of zinc oxide, particularly white forms used in medicine and cosmetics.
A surname.
From Middle English nillen, from Old English nyllan (“to not want”), corresponding to ne + will. Cognate with Old Frisian nelle. Unrelated to Latin nolo which is constructed the same way, but the morp...
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