Complete Definition of "withe"

English

Etymology
Old English wiþþe.

Pronunciation
IPA|/w�ɪð/

Noun

en-noun

  1. A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.

#*1997: Perhaps indifferent to their social Rejection, he sets to work separating his Tree into Poles, Sticks, and Withes, and placing them wherever in the Structures of Dam or Lodge he feels they need to go. � Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon

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