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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Withy \With"y\, n.; pl {Withies}. [OE. withe, wipi, AS
w[=i]?ig a willow, willow twig; akin to G. weide willow, OHG.
w[=i]da, Icel. v[=i]?ja, 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. [root]141. Cf {Wine},
{Withe}.]
1. (Bot.) The osier willow ({Salix viminalis}). See {Osier},
n.
a .
2. A withe. See {Withe}, 1.
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