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noun

Withe n. (Written also with)

A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy.

A band consisting of a twig twisted.

(Naut.) An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured; a wythe.

(Arch.) A partition between flues in a chimney.

verb

Withe v. t. (past & past part. withed; pres. part. withing) To bind or fasten with withes. "You shall see him withed, and haltered, and staked, and baited to death."

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Etymology of 'Withe'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Withe" Quotes from Famous Books

... the cheere of earth To fill our hearts with heedless mirth This present Christmasse night; But send among us to and fro Thy Holy Grail, that men may know The joy withe ...

— John Smith, U.S.A. • Eugene Field

... from sea—removing mountain—recovering ring from sea [same method as in our folk-tale]—catching king's horse). Then the two escape, pursued by the magician. Transformation flight (needle, thorns; piece of soap, mountain; withe [? coje], lake). The baffled magician curses his daughter, and says that she will be forgotten by Juan. When Juan reaches home and sees Leonora, he forgets Maria. On his wedding day with Leonora, an unknown princess comes ...

— Filipino Popular Tales • Dean S. Fansler

... world—the love of male and female—sustained them. They stood the test pretty well. To sleep in a tree top was an easy thing for them, with the precautions, simple and natural, of the time. Each plaited a withe of twigs with which to be tied to the tree or limb, and resting in the hollow nest where some great limb joined the bole, slept as sleep tired children, until the awakening of nature awoke these who were ...

— The Story of Ab - A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man • Stanley Waterloo

... the young chap 'at stood up thar so spunky all by hisse'f last night, in that moonlight an' sassed all of us to our teeth was Cap. Westerfelt's boy—by God, I jest want some hound dog to come an' take my place on God's earth—so I do. I want some able-bodied cornfield nigger to wear a hickory-withe out on my bare back." Then he dropped Westerfelt's hand ...

— Westerfelt • Will N. Harben

... were about six inches long. The pole or head was round. From their appearance they must have been held in the hand using the arm for a helve. For an encounter with bruin or any other enemy, it is possible they bound a withe around the pole and used that as a handle. Much ingenuity and skill must have been required to work out their implements when they had nothing better with which to do it than ...

— The Bark Covered House • William Nowlin

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