from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun A tough supple twig, especially of willow, used for binding things together; a withy.
from The Century Dictionary.
noun In the West Indies, a liana; the stem of any vine used as a rope, and hence the vine itself.
To bind with withes or twigs.
noun A tough flexible twig, especially of willow, used for binding things together; a willow-or osier-twig.
noun An elastic handle for a cold-chisel, fuller, or the like, which deadens the shock to the workman's hand.
noun An iron fitted to the end of a boom or mast, and having a ring through which another boom or mast is rigged or secured; a boom-iron.
noun A wall dividing two flues in a stack of chimneys.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy.
noun A band consisting of a twig twisted.
noun (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.
noun (Arch.) A partition between flues in a chimney.
transitive verb To bind or fasten with withes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.
verb To bind with withes.
verb To beat with withes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun band or rope made of twisted twigs or stems
noun strong flexible twig
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English, from Old English withthe; see wei- in Indo-European roots.]
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Old English wiþþe
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Examples
Surrounding the tree and his own, body by means of a _withe_, or band of twisted twigs, on which he leans his back, and jerking up his withe before him, he foots it up with wonderful speed and certainty, and comes down again in the same manner, bringing his gourd full of liquor on his arm.
The strangest part about the visuals is that nowhere do I see anything that looks like "An elastic handle for a cold-chisel, fuller, or the like, which deadens the shock to the workman's hand."
A wythe (same word) is a section of masonry defined in this fashion. It is a horizontally contiguous piece of masonry work, such as a section of wall, irregardless of its vertical height.
ruzuzu commented on the word withe
I knew a guy who'd write this instead of "with the."
August 2, 2011
rolig commented on the word withe
I am a guy who writes this instead of "with the". I expect there are a lot of us.
(Very strange visuals connected with this word, by the way. What's up with all those romantic gazes and poses?)
August 2, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word withe
Rolig, I adore you.
The strangest part about the visuals is that nowhere do I see anything that looks like "An elastic handle for a cold-chisel, fuller, or the like, which deadens the shock to the workman's hand."
August 2, 2011
erinmckean commented on the word withe
Maybe they are all "willowy" young women?
August 2, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word withe
Hm... maybe. But how do you explain the duck?
August 2, 2011
fbharjo commented on the word withe
Daffy Duck might say 'twithe her' (twigger)???
August 3, 2011
gloincole commented on the word withe
A wythe (same word) is a section of masonry defined in this fashion. It is a horizontally contiguous piece of masonry work, such as a section of wall, irregardless of its vertical height.
November 15, 2011