Crossword clues for withe
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Withe \Withe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Withed; p. pr. & vb. n. Withing.] To bind or fasten with withes.
You shall see him withed, and haltered, and staked, and
baited to death.
--Bp. Hall.
Withe \Withe\ (?; 277), n. [OE. withe. ????. See Withy, n.]
A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy.
A band consisting of a twig twisted.
(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.(Arch.) A partition between flues in a chimney.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English wiððe "twisted cord, tough, flexible twig used for binding, especially a willow twig," from PIE *withjon-, from PIE *wei- (1) "to turn, twist" (see withy).
Wiktionary
n. 1 A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy. 2 (context nautical English) 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 (context architecture English) A partition between flues in a chimney. vb. 1 To bind with #Nouns. 2 To beat with #Nouns.
WordNet
n. band or rope made of twisted twigs or stems
strong flexible twig [syn: withy]
Gazetteer
Wikipedia
Withe is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Chris Withe (born 1962), English footballer
- Jason Withe, English footballer and manager
- Peter Withe (born 1951), English footballer and manager
Usage examples of "withe".
As soon as she had done so, Maude strapped her wrists to the front legs of the apparatus, whilst Alice made her slim ankles fast to the other legs, thus spread-eagling her startlingly jutting, white, twitching bottom out and up in the most lascivious way, so that the secret ambery crease between the naked hillocks was lewdly distended and every portion of her private anatomy exposed not only to the gaze of her executioner but also to the searching tips of the slender withes of the fresh new rod which Maude now handed her chum with sparkling eyes.
The superstitious man, according to him, after having washed his hands with lustral water--that is, water in which a torch from the altar had been quenched--goes about with a laurel-leaf in his mouth, to keep off evil influences, as the pigs in Devonshire used, in my youth, to go about with a withe of mountain ash round their necks to keep off the evil eye.
Next following the Teme from its point of junction with the larger river--its course being easily traced by the withes and willows fringing its banks--his eye rested on the old bridge of Powick.
The verandah was, like many others at this time, festooned with stephanotis in full bloom, and Lina gathered great withes of the waxen green leaves and snowy flowers, and hung them about her bodice, her waist, and in her hair, in a manner that would have seemed utterly fantastic in anyone else, but which suited her to perfection.
They built round, cuplike boats of withes and mud and used them to scuttle between the huts and the shore.
Probably they were forced to run the gauntlet between two rows of pirates armed with withes of bejuco.
There, not twenty yards in front of me, placed in a charming situation, under the shade of a species of fig-tree, and facing to the stream, was a cosy hut, built more or less on the Kafir principle with grass and withes, but having a full-length door instead of a bee-hole.
And Cauch, urging them out upon the pavilion, seated them in withe chairs before a wicker table, then went off to instruct the girls who served from the buffet.
I telle you, onne a daye laike thif Ennywone withe half an oz of Sense shoulde bee oute in the Sunneshain, ane nott Stucke here alle the liuelong dale inn thif mowldey olde By.
I feare Captaan Drake was maddened for me not bringen the achant tresures and the jaade boxe withe the notted stringe to England soos it cud be preezentid to guude Queen Bess.