WITHE

withe

Noun

  1. A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.
  2. 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.
  3. A partition between flues in a chimney.

Verb

  1. To bind with withes.
  2. To beat with withes.


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