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Webster 1913 Edition

Withe

Withe

(?; 277)
,
Noun.
[OE.
withe
. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK]. See
Withy
,
Noun.
]
[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.

Withe

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Withe

WITH

, WITHE,
Noun.
[L., probably a shoot.]
1.
A willow twig.
2.
A band consisting of a twig, or twigs twisted.

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