Withe \Withe\ (?; 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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |