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withe

The correct spelling is withe.

How to pronounce withe

noun

IPA: /waɪð/

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The correct spelling is withe. A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.
  2. 2.A band of twisted twigs.
  3. 3.An elastic handle to a tool to save the hand from the shock of blows.
  4. 4.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.
  5. 5.A partition between flues in a chimney.

verb

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

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