Hypertext Webster Gateway: "withe"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Withe \Withe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Withed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Withing}.]
To bind or fasten with withes.
You shall see him withed, and haltered, and staked, and
baited to death. --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Withe \Withe\ (?; 277), n. [OE. withe. ????. See {Withy}, n.]
[Written also {with}.]
1. A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a
willow or osier twig; a withy.
2. A band consisting of a twig twisted.
3. (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.
4. (Arch.) A partition between flues in a chimney.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
withe
n 1: band or rope made of twisted twigs or stems
2: strong flexible twig [syn: {withy}]
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