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Withe
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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. 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. A partition between flues in a chimney.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To bind or fasten with withes. You shall see him withed, and haltered, and staked, and baited to death. Bp. Hall.