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(; 277), n.[OE. withe. . See Withy, n.] [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 v. 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. スポンサード リンク
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