Category:Withe

Withe, n. Etym: [oe. withe. 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.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: a partition between flues in a chimney.

Withe Withe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Withed; p. pr. & vb. n. Withing.]

Defn: to bind or fasten with withes. You shall see him withed, and haltered, and staked, and baited to Death. Bp. Hall.