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withe |
3 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: withe n 1: band or rope made of twisted twigs or stems 2: strong flexible twig [syn: {withy}]
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