withe

American  

[with, with, wahyth] / wɪθ, wɪð, waɪð /

noun

• withes
  plural

1. a willow twig or osier.

2. any tough, flexible twig or stem suitable for binding things together.

3. an elastic handle for a tool, to lessen shock occurring in use.

4. a partition dividing flues of a chimney.

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verb (used with object)

withed, withing

1. to bind with withes.

withe British  

/ waɪð, wɪθ, wɪð /

noun

1. a strong flexible twig, esp of willow, suitable for binding things together; withy

2. a band or rope of twisted twigs or stems

3. a handle made of elastic material, fitted on some tools to reduce the shock during use

4. a wall with a thickness of half a brick, such as a leaf of a cavity wall, or a division between two chimney flues

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verb

1. (tr) to bind with withes

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• withes
  plural

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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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Example Sentences

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withe withes withed withing

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

Tomorrow somenone will come out withe a new drug, and the medical community will change the standards again.

From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2017

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

Ike was discovered boring a log with a huge auger, after which he notched and laid a stringer, finishing the operation by pegging the latter down with a twisted hazel withe.

From Down the Columbia by Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome) Freeman

James Branch Cabell, who well knows the uses of buttered willow withes, will understand its magic.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Just below the fall they had planted a row of willow and hazel stakes in the bed of the stream close together and tied with withes.

From Two Years in Oregon by Wallis Nash

Tom and my grand-dad were bound with withes and tied together.

From Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures by Gordon Stables

Trees were twisted off like withes in the hands of a giant.

From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Charles Carleton Coffin

"They 're withed so they 'll stick together."

From D'Ri and I by Irving Bacheller

"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 James Fenimore Cooper

We withed three others to mine, setting sail with two bits of driftwood for paddles.

From D'Ri and I by Irving Bacheller

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 Anne Warner

That's the laddiebuck," said Ump, "an' he ought to be withed.

From Dwellers in the Hills by Melville Davisson Post

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

Nassib’s jersey became the top-seller in the N.F.L. withing 24 hours, according to Fanatics, the league’s e-commerce partner.

From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2021

If no one claims him that player withing 48 hours, then the team can trade him anywhere.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2016

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 Washington Irving

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