WITHE

n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


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.

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.
n.

A partition between flues in a chimney.

5.
v.

To bind or fasten with withes. You shall see him withed, and haltered, and staked, and baited to death. Bp. Hall.