billowed

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In Perry County, where the population is just nine people per square mile, the Toad Suck Ferry, a side-wheeler operated by the state, moves lazily from willowed bank to willowed bank.

From Time Magazine Archive

Adown the land great rivers glide With lyric odes upon their lips, The sheltered bay with singing tide Forever woos the storm-tossed ships— And yet, for me more magic teems By California's willowed streams.

From The California Birthday Book by Various

The scene was very beautiful to the eye--the white light upon the flood, the soft calm shadows of the willowed banks, the darker, statelier silhouettes of the forest trees, reared black against the pale sky.

From In the Valley by Frederic, Harold

Come to the vine-dark dingle's whispering glens White with their blossoms pale; Come to the willowed weed-haired lakes and fens; Come to the tedded vale.

From Blooms of the Berry by Cawein, Madison J.

At a small distance from its base, to their great joy, they discovered an abundant stream, running between willowed banks.

From The Great Salt Lake Trail by Inman, Henry