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
Example Sentences
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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 Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)
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 Nash, Wallis
As the withes fell at his feet, he straightened his form, and glared slowly around on the assembled warriors.
From The Frontiersmen by Aimard, Gustave
The withes that marriage had bound about her were as nothing to the great changes it had made in her soul.
From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert
"They 're withed so they 'll stick together."
From D'Ri and I by Bacheller, Irving
We withed three others to mine, setting sail with two bits of driftwood for paddles.
From D'Ri and I by Bacheller, Irving
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
"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
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
Houston went into Tuesday night withing a percentage point of the Mariners for first place in the AL West.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
If no one claims him that player withing 48 hours, then the team can trade him anywhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2016
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
The signal batteries opened, and we stood, in grand array, soberly withing for the order to charge.
From Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 by Keifer, Joseph Warren
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