withe
noun
a willow twig or osier.
withes
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pluralof withe.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
It was two hundred and sixteen feet in circumference, made of sixteen cottonwood poles, fifty feet long, converging toward the centre, where 133 they were united and secured by large withes of sinewy willow.
From Explorers and Travellers by Adolphus W. Greely
He ripped out an oath, and flung off the withes of such false honor.
From What Will People Say? A novel by Rupert Hughes
As little would they submit to be bound by the new cords of the Philistines as by their green withes.
From The Revision Revised by John William Burgon
