GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Withe , n. [OE. withe. . See Withy, n.] [Written also with.]
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   A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy.
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   A band consisting of a twig twisted.
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   (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.
   R. H. Dana, Jr.
   
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   (Arch.) A partition between flues in a chimney.
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   Withe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Withed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Withing.] To bind or fasten with withes.
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   You shall see him withed, and haltered, and staked, and baited to death.
   Bp. Hall.
   
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