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Definition withe

Etymology

From Middle English withe, withthe, from Old English wiţe, wiţţe (“cord, band, thong, fetter”), from Proto-Germanic *wiţiz, *wiţj? (“cord, rope”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyt- (“that which winds or bends, branch, switch”), from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, wind, bend”). Cognate with Danish vidje (“wicker”), Swedish vidja (“withe, wicker, osier”), Icelandic viđ, viđja (“a withe”), Latin v?tis (“vine”).

Noun

withe (plural withes)

  1. A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.
  2. A band of twisted twigs.
  3. An elastic handle to a tool to save the hand from the shock of blows.
  4. (nautical) 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.
  5. (architecture) A partition between flues in a chimney.

Verb

withe (third-person singular simple present withes, present participle withing, simple past and past participle withed)

  1. To bind with withes.
  2. To beat with withes.

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WHITEY 13
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