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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A tough supple twig, especially of willow, used for binding things together; a withy.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In the West Indies, a liana; the stem of any vine used as a rope, and hence the vine itself.
  2. n. A tough flexible twig, especially of willow, used for binding things together; a willow-or osier-twig.
  3. n. An elastic handle for a cold-chisel, fuller, or the like, which deadens the shock to the workman's hand.
  4. n. An iron fitted to the end of a boom or mast, and having a ring through which another boom or mast is rigged or secured; a boom-iron.
  5. n. A wall dividing two flues in a stack of chimneys.
  6. To bind with withes or twigs.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.
  2. v. To bind with withes.
  3. v. To beat with withes.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy.
  2. n. A band consisting of a twig twisted.
  3. n. (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.
  4. n. (Arch.) A partition between flues in a chimney.
  5. v. To bind or fasten with withes.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. band or rope made of twisted twigs or stems
  2. n. strong flexible twig

Etymologies

  1. Old English wiþþe (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English, from Old English withthe. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (6)

Words with the same meaning

  1. withy
  1. wythe
  1. wicker
  1. osier
  1. wattle
  1. bind

hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. band

same context (17)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. withes
  2. copula
  3. breme
  1. lovynge
  2. mayster
  3. kariega
  1. chanson
  2. tannin
  3. forestick
  1. laddy
  2. aduice
  3. saplin
  1. sapwood
  2. backlog
  3. fireguard
  1. situa
  2. kmke

rhymes (15)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Blyth
  2. Fifth
  3. Smith
  1. Smyth
  2. fifth
  3. forthwith
  1. frith
  2. herewith
  3. myth
  1. pith
  2. scythe
  3. smith
  1. stith
  2. with
  3. writhe

reverse dictionary (11)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. with
  2. wythe
  1. gd85-03-31
  2. teaberry
  1. withy
  2. cringle
  1. hank
  2. shawnee-haw
  1. wicker
  2. zebra caterpillar
  1. plug-and-knock-down

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  • gloincole A wythe (same word) is a section of masonry defined in this fashion. It is a horizontally contiguous piece of masonry work, such as a section of wall, irregardless of its vertical height.
    Nov 15, 2011

  • fbharjo Daffy Duck might say 'twithe her' (twigger)??? Aug 2, 2011

  • ruzuzu Hm... maybe. But how do you explain the duck? Aug 2, 2011

  • erinmckean Maybe they are all "willowy" young women? Aug 2, 2011

  • ruzuzu Rolig, I adore you.

    The strangest part about the visuals is that nowhere do I see anything that looks like "An elastic handle for a cold-chisel, fuller, or the like, which deadens the shock to the workman's hand."
    Aug 2, 2011

  • rolig I am a guy who writes this instead of "with the". I expect there are a lot of us.
    (Very strange visuals connected with this word, by the way. What's up with all those romantic gazes and poses?) Aug 2, 2011

  • ruzuzu I knew a guy who'd write this instead of "with the." Aug 2, 2011

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