Strong flexible twig

Usage examples of withy.

He stole along under shadow of the stunted trees and withies, with bent body and gliding gait, so that from Bridgewater it would be no easy matter for the most keen-sighted to see him.

Then he let his hand fall into the strings and they fell a-tinkling sweetly, like unto the song of the winter robin, and at last he lifted his voice and sang: Still now is the stithy this morning unclouded, Nought stirs in the thorp save the yellow-haired maid A-peeling the withy last Candlemas shrouded From the mere where the moorhen now swims unafraid.

I spent alone together, for we took the train to Bournemouth and then a cab to Larkfield, so that I could fetch a trunk of clothes and personal belongings from Withy Cottage.

You pooh-poohed it when I first saw a mound that moved, and now it's withy and leaves stirring about out there.

Since the wicker rat traps and the cage to carry the ferrets wore out fast, Lael always kept a supply of withies and leather thongs on hand.

As this occurred, the willow withies that trailed like slender rain into the waters of the pool suddenly trembled.

And the women of the Weyr came every spring and fall to berry or cut withies and grasses.

Here all round the boat the withies crowded, there above in the sward lay the pile of heavy pebbles and the fallen stone.

That day Niffa set some of the withies to soak in the washtub whilst Lael inspected the traps and set the broken ones onto the table.

The ferrets, of course, offered their version of help, capturing any thong that moved, chewing on the wet withies, knocking over the traps, and chasing each other around the table.

Most of the walls appeared to be timber or planks or woven withies roughly plastered over and once painted and now faded and peeling.