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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Withy  \With"y\,  a. 
  Made  of  withes;  like  a  withe;  flexible  and  tough;  also 
  abounding  in  withes. 
 
  The  stream  is  brimful  now  and  lies  high  in  this  little 
  withy  plantation.  --G.  Eliot. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  withy 
  n  :  strong  flexible  twig  [syn:  {withe}] 




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