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   Withy , n.; pl. Withies . [OE. withe, wipi, AS. wīig a willow, willow twig; akin to G. weide willow, OHG. wīda, Icel. vīja, a withy, Sw. vide a willow twig, Dan. vidie a willow, osier, Gr. , and probably to L. vitis a vine, viere to plait, Russ. vite. √141. Cf. Wine, Withe.]
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   (Bot.) The osier willow (Salix viminalis). See Osier, n. (a).
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   A withe. See Withe, 1.
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   Withy, a. Made of withes; like a withe; flexible and tough; also, abounding in withes.
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   The stream is brimful now, and lies high in this little withy plantation.
   G. Eliot.
   
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