Thesaurus: withe

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1. n. A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy.
2. n. A band consisting of a twig twisted.
3. n. 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.
4. n. A partition between flues in a chimney.
5. v. t. To bind or fasten with withes.
6. n. band or rope made of twisted twigs or stems
7. n. strong flexible twig
8. 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. To bind or fasten with withes. You shall see him withed, and haltered, and staked, and baited to death. Bp. Hall.
9. 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; awythe. R. H. Dana, Jr.
10. n. band or rope made of twisted twigs or stems n. strong flexible twig