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noun
A flexible, slender shoot or twig, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: winding
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noun
A band of twisted twigs.
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noun
An elastic handle to a tool to save the hand from the shock of blows.
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Alternative spelling of wythe (“single section of bricks one unit thick”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
Topics: business, construction, manufacturing, masonry
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noun
Alternative spelling of wythe (“partition between flues in a chimney”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
Topics: architecture
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verb
To bind with withes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To beat with withes.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
band or rope made of twisted twigs or stems
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: band
noun
strong flexible twig
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: withy
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Broader terms: branchlet, twig, sprig
Narrower terms: osier
History
From Middle English withe, withthe, from Old English wiþe, wiþþe (“cord, band, thong, fetter”), from Proto-Germanic *wiþiz, *wiþjǭ (“cord, rope”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéh1itis (“that which twines”), from *weyt- (“that which winds or bends, branch, switch”), from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, wind, bend”). Cognate with Danish vidje (“wicker”), Swedish vidja (“withe, wicker, osier”), Icelandic við, viðja (“a withe”), Latin vītis (“vine”), Russian ветвь (vetvʹ, “branch, bough, limb”). Doublet of vice (“a type of tool, etc.”). The brickwork and chimney architecture senses may have a different etymology, see wythe.
Across languages
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