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withen Obs. exc. dial. (w. midl.)|ˈwɪðən, ˈwaɪðən|
Also 4 wythone, withiene, 5, 9 wythen, 6 withyn, 7–8 within, 9 wythin, withing.
[prob. orig. adj., f. withe n. or withy n. + -en4, after aspen, beechen, etc. The west-midland place-name Withington is app. f. this word.]
A withy or willow. Also attrib. or adj.
For other uses see Eng. Dial. Dict.
c1230Ancr. R. MS. C.C.C.C. lf. 22 b, He is as þe wiðin þe spruteð ut þe betere þet me hine croppeð ofte. [Cf. quot. a 1225 s.v. withy n. 1.] a1360in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 246 Gayneth me no garlond of greene Bot hit ben of wythones [printed wythoues] ywroght. 1382Wyclif Job xl. 17 Withiene trees [Vulg. salices] of the strem. c1450Mirk's Festial 174/13 He come by a wythen-tre, and made þerof a goode ȝerde. 1569Brasenose Coll. Muniments (MS.), A diche quicksetted with thornes and Withyns. 1602in Lancs. Q. Sess. Rec. (Chetham Soc.) I. 145 [John Sorocolde entered a close..and cut and took thence] withins. 1635Brereton Trav. (Chetham Soc.) I. 172, I observed most part of the ground..planted with withens. 1688Holme Armoury iii. 295/2 The Hoop Twigs are Withen Twigs Cloven. 1788Trans. Soc. Arts VI. 162 That I should attempt making of Paper from the Bark of Withins. 1788Ann. Reg., Projects 96 The bark or peel of within twigs. 1886Cheshire Gloss., Withen or Withy, a willow. |