withe
Americannoun
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a willow twig or osier.
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any tough, flexible twig or stem suitable for binding things together.
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an elastic handle for a tool, to lessen shock occurring in use.
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a partition dividing flues of a chimney.
verb (used with object)
noun
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a strong flexible twig, esp of willow, suitable for binding things together; withy
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a band or rope of twisted twigs or stems
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a handle made of elastic material, fitted on some tools to reduce the shock during use
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a wall with a thickness of half a brick, such as a leaf of a cavity wall, or a division between two chimney flues
verb
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Etymology
Origin of withe
before 1000; Middle English, Old English withthe; akin to Old Norse vīthir withy, Gothic kunawida chain, Latin viēre to weave together
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In 2017 came Leigh Montville’s “Sting Like a Bee,” which followed the fighter’s dispute withe the U.S. government over his military draft status, and “Ali,” a comprehensive biography by the journalist Jonathan Eig.
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2021
The agency has also upgraded security cameras and renovated bathrooms and showers at its Indian River facility in northeastern Ohio in compliance withe federal Prison Rape Elimination Act, Gies said.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 2, 2020
If you’re able to do so, Best Buy will be required to provide you withe benefits even if you are not technically married to your spouse.
From Encyclopedia.com ● Sep. 19, 2018
The boilerplate language, which ethics experts say dates to the Civil War, was not closely contemplated when negotiating the deal, according to federal officials familiar withe discussions.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2016
As it was getting dark we lost no time in taking the entrails out of the deer, cutting a withe with a hook, which we hooked into the lower jaw of the deer.
From Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. by Woodcock, Eldred Nathaniel
Then he fenced the whole from stem to stern with willow withes to be a defence against the wave, and strewed much brush thereon.
From Time Magazine Archive
James Branch Cabell, who well knows the uses of buttered willow withes, will understand its magic.
From Time Magazine Archive
The gigantic trees grow close to the water, and are laced together by black, snake-like withes.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter
Not Churchill's wreathes, but hick'ry withes will do, To twine thy brows, and lace thy jacket too; Leave thy friend R——, we've had enough of him, For abler Pilots live the Bark to trim.
From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) by Freneau, Philip
There was a splash and a flounder, a fountain of mire and water shot up, and green withes parted before me as we charged through the willows on the farther bank.
From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Bindloss, Harold
You see, they make the scaffolding out of young trees withed together, and use them over and over.
From Seeing France with Uncle John by Warner, Anne
"They 're withed so they 'll stick together."
From D'Ri and I by Bacheller, Irving
"Let up, you painted riptyles—let up!" cried Hurry, too hard pressed to be particular about the terms he used; "isn't it enough that I am withed like a saw-log that ye must choke too!"
From The Deerslayer by Cooper, James Fenimore
As soon as they were floating, the logs were withed together and moored in sections.
From D'Ri and I by Bacheller, Irving
That's the laddiebuck," said Ump, "an' he ought to be withed.
From Dwellers in the Hills by Post, Melville Davisson
Arizona closed withing 11 points at 80-69 when Ballo made a second-chance layup with just over seven minutes left in the game.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
“These young men, they were withing feet of their lives being taken,” Barnes told the congregation.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 27, 2023
After Pittman's 29-yard touchdown catch pulled Oaks Christian to withing five points with 10:55 left, Bishop Amat responded with three consecutive touchdowns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2015
Chelsea have to cross the line and if City, or anyone can get withing touching distance then it might get nervous yet.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2015
You know the rest, and by what sad fortune of war I found myself, instead of a happy bridegroom, in the nuptial bower of Coyn, vanquished, wounded, and a prisoner, withing the walls of Allora.
From Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies by Irving, Washington
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