withewithn.

Brit.

/wɪθ/,

/wɪð/,

/wʌɪð/, U.S.

/wɪθ/,

/wɪð/

Forms: Old English, Middle English wiððe, wiþþe, Middle English–1800s wyth, Middle English–1500s wythe, (Middle English withthe, wyþþe, Middle English–1500s wythth(e, Middle English witthe, whythe, 1500s wethe, 1600s wieth, Anglo-Irish whitt; dialectMiddle English wyffe, 1500s wifte, wyft, 1600s, 1800s wift, 1800s wiff, weef, wef), 1500s– with, withe.

Etymology: Old English wiþþe , corresponding to Old Frisian withthe , witte , Middle Dutch wisse (West Flemish wisse , Dutch wis , wisch ), Middle Low German, Low German wedde , Old High German with , widh , wit (Middle High German wit ), Old High German withî , widî , (Middle High German wide ), also in Old High German khunawithi (compare Old English cynewiþþe ), Old Norse við (genitive viðjar ), viðja (Swedish vidja , Danish vidje ) < Old Germanic *wiþjôn- , *wiþi- . Other Germanic variants are represented by Middle Low German wîde , Old High German wîda (Middle High German wîde , German weide ) willow, Gothic wida in kunawida chain, Old Norse víðir willow, Old English wíþig withy n. (The variant forms with f are mainly Kentish.) Outside Germanic cognate words of similar meaning from Indo-European weit- , wit- are < Avestan vaêti- willow, Greek ἰτέα willow ( < *ϝειτεϝᾱ ), ἴτυς felloe, Latin vītis vine, Lithuanian výtis wand, Old Prussian witwan willow, Old Slavonic vĕtvĭ branch , Old Irish féith ‘fibra’ ( < *weiti ). According to a widely accepted view weit- is a derivative of wi- , which is represented also by Latin viēre to plait, wire n.¹, and perhaps wough n.¹, wall.

a. A band, tie, or shackle consisting of a tough flexible twig or branch, or of several twisted together; such a twig or branch, as of willow or osier, used for binding or tying, and sometimes for plaiting.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > made of flexible twigs or branches

withec1000

withya1400

widdie1471

gad1689

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > stick, twig, or rod > flexible twig for binding

withec1000

withya1400

widdie1471

weef1831

c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 594 Egeas..bebead ðam cwellerum ðæt hi hine mid wiððum handum and fotum on ðære rode gebundon.

c1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 105/9 Circus, uel circulus, wiðþe. Funiculus, uel funis, rap.

c1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 183/16 Loramentum, uel tormentum, wiððe.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 15813, 5 Þe laferrd wrohhte an swepe þær. All alls itt wære off wiþþess. To tacnenn þatt hemm ȝarrkedd wass Strang pine i defless wiþþess.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12963 Þat weore twælf swine iteied to-somne mid wiðen swiðe grete, y-wriðen al togadere.

a1400 Sir Perc. 423 Brydille hase he righte nane;..Bot a wythe hase he tane, And keuylles his stede.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 531/1 Wythe bonde..boia.

1520 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) Paed for wyft & Roddis for the [thacker] v d.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. ix^v The fote teame shalbe fastned..w^t a shakyll or a with to drawe by.

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Cij Vnbrideled, hauinge neither withe nor coller aboute theyr neckes.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 271 Theyr shyppes..are tide togyther..with cordes and wyththes.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2165/2 They found..a casket locked with a padlocke, and so cutting the wifte [printed wiste] thereof, opened it.

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. E3 ^v Two Calues..that were coupled together by the neckes with an Oken Wyth.

1600 R. Fisher in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 192 The manner of their hanging vp of their fish and flesh with withes to dry.

1611 Bible (King James) Judges xvi. 7 If they binde me with seuen greene withs [Great Bible withes], that were neuer dried, then shall I be weake.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 181 These Rogues..girding their swords to them by a with.

1620 in Acct. Bk. Kentish Estate 1616–1704 (1927) f. 1 For 300 of wifts.

1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. xiv. 271 They have taken a withe and put it through the hole of the said stone.

a1660 Aphorismical Discov. in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1879) I. 241 Tyinge rope and whitts to either end thereof.

1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. vi. iii. 166 We tie up first with Osier withs, and afterwards..we..wrap up with long Litter..some Spanish Cardons.

1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 270 For making of these Bridges, they twist Withes together, like Ropes.

1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 674 Proper wyths for tying them together.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 281 In fir rims, the wooden withes of the bottom are passed through splits.

1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies v. 180 A round cage of green withes.

1876 G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) Withes, twisted rods for securing the web of a gabion.

1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 383 A..massive gold mourning-ring formed of two knotted withes twisted together.

1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Wiff, var. pron. of ‘withe’, ‘willow-wiffs’.

1885 M. Ross & Stonehewer-Cooper Highl. Cantabria 335 Rounded stones..with grooves around them, where the withe would have been twisted, to form a handle for its manipulation.

1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. at Wiff The large kind of fagot, which went by the name of kiln-bush, was bound with two wiffs.

b. gen. A pliant twig or bough.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > bough or branch > flexible and slender

rodc1275

wanda1300

wicker?1507

whip1585

switch1616

sway1630

withe1817

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. ii. vi. 245 As he rises from sleep, a Brahmen must rub his teeth with a proper withe.

1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. i. 20 The fork of the tree, from which the withe depended.

1881 R. C. Praed Policy & Passion vii A trailing withe of orange begonia.

†c. A willow wand or garland carried into the sovereign's or a nobleman's house at Easter; hence, the ceremony or festivity itself. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities associated with Easter

withe1465

heaving1787

Easter Parade1874

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > willow and allies > [noun] > stump, bark, or shoot of

osierc1175

withe1465

twisted tree1598

sallow withe1657

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities associated with Easter > wand or garland

withe1465

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > willow > twig or rod of

osierc1175

wanda1300

persha1398

withya1400

wicker14..

winding1405

withe1465

yedder1512

writhe1552

writh1810

skein1837

1465 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 509 Item, on Ester day my master gaff to John Kooke to the wythe, xxd.

1467 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 393 Item, on Estyr day, my mastyr gaffe to the wyffe in the Kenges howse, vj. s. viij. d.

1537 in Privy Purse Expenses Princess Mary (1831) 24 Geuen to the Kinges Cookes to thayr wythe at East^r..xl s.

1559 MS. Acc. Bk. Butchers Co. London Payd for xii men for y^e brynging in of y^e Quynes wythe.

1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 72 In the weeke before Easter had yee great shewes made for the fetching in of a twisted Tree, or With,..out of the woodes into the kinges house.

d. With allusion to the story of Samson in Judges xvi. 7 (see sense 1).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [noun] > bond(s) or fetter(s) or shackle(s) > branch or twig

withe1835

1835 F. W. Faber Lett. (1869) 39 My soul arose..and cracked in scorn the chains of darkness, like the green withs of the strong man.

a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) I. xiv. 160 I know that if I choose to exert myself, I can break through the withes of green flax with which they try to bind me.

1876 J. S. Blackie Songs Relig. & Life 29 Strong by thee, like feeble withes he snapt The bonds of custom.

†2. A halter, properly one made with withes. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of > noose or rope

ropeeOE

withec1275

cordc1330

snarea1425

tippet1447

girnc1480

halter1481

widdie1508

tether?a1513

hemp1532

Tyburn tippet1549

John Roper's window1552

neckweed1562

noose1567

horse-nightcap1593

tow1596

Tyburn tiffany1612

piccadill1615

snick-up1620

Tyburn piccadill1620

necklacea1625

squinsy1632

Welsh parsley1637

St. Johnston's riband1638

string1639

Bridport daggera1661

rope's end1663

cravat1680

swing1697

snecket1788

death cord1804

neckclothc1816

St. Johnston's tippet1816

death rope1824

mink1826

squeezer1836

yard-rope1850

necktie1866

Tyburn string1882

Stolypin's necktie1909

widdieneckc1920

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11394 Doð wiððe an his sweore & draȝeð hine to ane more.

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 11551 Aboute þy nekke hanggeþ a wyþþe, Þat haþ þe departed fro Goddys gryþþe.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 135 Þe þief..yproued and y-nome and mid mo þanne an hondred misdedes þet heþ nieȝ þe wyþþe ine þe nykke.

1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xviii. 21–2. 681/2 Who walked about the streetes as it were with a with about his necke.

a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe iii. ii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Oo^v/2 A wyth take him.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 233 That he might be hanged in a With, and not in a Halter, because it had beene so vsed, with former Rebels.

1675 T. Brooks Word in Season Gen. Ep., in Paradice Opened sig. 4*3^v [He] was condemned to the fire with others, only he should have the favour of going to the Stake without a Wyth.

1694 S. Johnson Notes Pastoral Let. 1 If the Highest Censures will not do it, we must do as is done in like Cases, we must Take a Wyth.

a. A willow. Now dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > willow and allies > [noun] > willow

sallowa700

willowa750

withy961

withec1340

saugh1368

yolster1387

willow-treec1425

wailea1510

wrig1564

seal1579

sallow withe1657

wilger1682

werg1707

sollar1733

salix1775

fen-oak1886

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants cultivated or valued for their many uses > [noun] > trees or shrubs having many uses > willow

willowa750

withy961

osierc1175

withenc1230

withec1340

yolster1387

willow-treec1425

osier tree1500

wailea1510

wrig1564

spert1578

seal1579

siler1607

palm-withy1609

sallow withe1657

gelster1670

wilger1682

osier willow1693

werg1707

weeping willow1731

sollar1733

salix1775

red osier1807

mourning willow1813

palm willow1869

fen-oak1886

bat-willow1907

cricket bat willow1907

sedge-willow1908

c1340 Nominale (Skeat) 671 Wyth, brome, and quincetre.

1569 in Court Minutes Surrey & Kent Sewer Comm. (London County Council) (1909) 31 To Cut vppe the Wythes by the Banck syde.

1572 in Court Minutes Surrey & Kent Sewer Comm. (London County Council) (1909) 130 To cut vp his wethes & share his bankes throw his groundes.

1696 H. Sloane Catal. Plantarum in Jamaica 172 Wild Vine or Water-with.

1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. ii. 254 A Rod..made of Red Sallow, Withe or Hazel.

1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. I. iv. 328 The root of the curare, a species of withe.

b. The creeping plant Heliotropium fruticosum, of Jamaica, the stems of which are used for making baskets.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > other plants yielding fibre, etc.

withe1657

silk grass1753

restio1796

kurrajong1823

lechuguilla1834

kie-kie1847

munj1855

pua1858

sesban1860

settler's twine1898

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 87 Worse then all weeds, Withs, which are of a stronger grouth then the Canes.

1740 New Hist. Jamaica (ed. 2) 316.

1847 P. H. Gosse & R. Hill Birds of Jamaica 373 The gradual predominance of marsh plants, sagittaria,..bulrush, and black-withe.

4. technical. (See quots.)

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [noun] > handle > flexible

withe1867

strap1874

society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > hoop or ring

hoopa1175

band1483

colletc1530

withe1892

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 360/2 A Glovers With..is a square Iron, writhen (as it were) like a Wreath..: Upon this they do use to rub and fret their Leather Skins to make them soft and plump; which kind of work from the name of the Instrument, they term Withing.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 736 With, an iron instrument fitted to the end of a boom or mast, with a ring to it, through which another boom or mast is rigged out and secured. Also, in mechanics, the elastic withe handles of cold chisels, set-tools, &c., which prevent a jar to the assistant's wrist.

1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 437/2 A blacksmith's chisel held in a hazel withe, and used for hot iron.

1892 Labour Commission Gloss. Withes, iron hoops or bands used for binding bales of cotton or rags.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations as withe axe, withe handle, withe patch; withe-woven adj.

ΚΠ

1776 G. Cartwright Jrnl. 19 Oct. (1792) II. 215 The people came down from the lodge, and brought..a bundle of white-rods [sic].

1819 J. Keats Let. 5 Sept. (1958) II. 156 At the days end his thoughts will run upon a withe axe if he ever had handled one.

1839 T. T. Stoddart Songs & Poems 21 The withe-woven pannier.

1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind viii. 199 Axes made..by grinding the edge of a suitable pebble, and fixing it in a withe handle.

1902 C. J. Cornish Naturalist on Thames 85 I once turned out a dozen water-hens, a brown owl, a woodcock, and a water-rail, from one little withe patch.

C2.

withe-rod n. a deciduous shrub, Viburnum nudum, native to North America and bearing clusters of small white flowers; also, a thin flexible twig from this or a similar shrub.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > viburnums or guelder rose and allies > [noun]

bendwithc1440

opier1548

opulus1548

ople1551

dwarf plane tree1578

water elder1578

whitten1578

guelder rose1597

rose elder1597

wayfaring man's tree1597

wayfaring tree1597

opiet1601

cotton tree1633

viorne1637

mealy tree1640

laurustinus1664

stinking tree1681

black haw1688

laurel-thyme1693

laurustine1693

viburnum1731

wayfaring shrub1731

May rose1753

pembina1760

snowball tree1760

mealtree1785

stink-tree1795

cherry-wood1821

snowball1828

sloe1846

withe-rod1846

lithy-tree1866

nannyberry1867

king's crown1879

stag bush1884

snowball bush1931

1846 G. B. Emerson Rep. Trees & Shrubs Mass. 364 The Naked Viburnum. Withe Rod... A slender, erect shrub.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1235/2 Withe-rod, Viburnum nudum.

1943 R. Peattie Great Smokies & Blue Ridge 265 We recognize the..withe rod..and wintergreen.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	withe
释义	withewithn. Brit. /wɪθ/, /wɪð/, /wʌɪð/, U.S. /wɪθ/, /wɪð/ Forms: Old English, Middle English wiððe, wiþþe, Middle English–1800s wyth, Middle English–1500s wythe, (Middle English withthe, wyþþe, Middle English–1500s wythth(e, Middle English witthe, whythe, 1500s wethe, 1600s wieth, Anglo-Irish whitt; dialectMiddle English wyffe, 1500s wifte, wyft, 1600s, 1800s wift, 1800s wiff, weef, wef), 1500s– with, withe. Etymology: Old English wiþþe , corresponding to Old Frisian withthe , witte , Middle Dutch wisse (West Flemish wisse , Dutch wis , wisch ), Middle Low German, Low German wedde , Old High German with , widh , wit (Middle High German wit ), Old High German withî , widî , (Middle High German wide ), also in Old High German khunawithi (compare Old English cynewiþþe ), Old Norse við (genitive viðjar ), viðja (Swedish vidja , Danish vidje ) < Old Germanic wiþjôn- , wiþi- . Other Germanic variants are represented by Middle Low German wîde , Old High German wîda (Middle High German wîde , German weide ) willow, Gothic wida in kunawida chain, Old Norse víðir willow, Old English wíþig withy n. (The variant forms with f are mainly Kentish.) Outside Germanic cognate words of similar meaning from Indo-European weit- , wit- are < Avestan vaêti- willow, Greek ἰτέα willow ( < ϝειτεϝᾱ ), ἴτυς* felloe, Latin vītis vine, Lithuanian výtis wand, Old Prussian witwan willow, Old Slavonic vĕtvĭ branch , Old Irish féith ‘fibra’ ( < weiti ). According to a widely accepted view weit-* is a derivative of wi- , which is represented also by Latin viēre to plait, wire n.¹, and perhaps wough n.¹, wall. 1. a. A band, tie, or shackle consisting of a tough flexible twig or branch, or of several twisted together; such a twig or branch, as of willow or osier, used for binding or tying, and sometimes for plaiting. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > made of flexible twigs or branches withec1000 withya1400 widdie1471 gad1689 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > stick, twig, or rod > flexible twig for binding withec1000 withya1400 widdie1471 weef1831 c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 594 Egeas..bebead ðam cwellerum ðæt hi hine mid wiððum handum and fotum on ðære rode gebundon. c1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 105/9 Circus, uel circulus, wiðþe. Funiculus, uel funis, rap. c1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 183/16 Loramentum, uel tormentum, wiððe. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 15813, 5 Þe laferrd wrohhte an swepe þær. All alls itt wære off wiþþess. To tacnenn þatt hemm ȝarrkedd wass Strang pine i defless wiþþess. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12963 Þat weore twælf swine iteied to-somne mid wiðen swiðe grete, y-wriðen al togadere. a1400 Sir Perc. 423 Brydille hase he righte nane;..Bot a wythe hase he tane, And keuylles his stede. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 531/1 Wythe bonde..boia. 1520 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) Paed for wyft & Roddis for the [thacker] v d. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. ix^v The fote teame shalbe fastned..w^t a shakyll or a with to drawe by. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Cij Vnbrideled, hauinge neither withe nor coller aboute theyr neckes. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 271 Theyr shyppes..are tide togyther..with cordes and wyththes. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2165/2 They found..a casket locked with a padlocke, and so cutting the wifte [printed wiste] thereof, opened it. 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. E3 ^v Two Calues..that were coupled together by the neckes with an Oken Wyth. 1600 R. Fisher in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 192 The manner of their hanging vp of their fish and flesh with withes to dry. 1611 Bible (King James) Judges xvi. 7 If they binde me with seuen greene withs [Great Bible withes], that were neuer dried, then shall I be weake. View more context for this quotation 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 181 These Rogues..girding their swords to them by a with. 1620 in Acct. Bk. Kentish Estate 1616–1704 (1927) f. 1 For 300 of wifts. 1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. xiv. 271 They have taken a withe and put it through the hole of the said stone. a1660 Aphorismical Discov. in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1879) I. 241 Tyinge rope and whitts to either end thereof. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. vi. iii. 166 We tie up first with Osier withs, and afterwards..we..wrap up with long Litter..some Spanish Cardons. 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 270 For making of these Bridges, they twist Withes together, like Ropes. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 674 Proper wyths for tying them together. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 281 In fir rims, the wooden withes of the bottom are passed through splits. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies v. 180 A round cage of green withes. 1876 G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) Withes, twisted rods for securing the web of a gabion. 1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 383 A..massive gold mourning-ring formed of two knotted withes twisted together. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Wiff, var. pron. of ‘withe’, ‘willow-wiffs’. 1885 M. Ross & Stonehewer-Cooper Highl. Cantabria 335 Rounded stones..with grooves around them, where the withe would have been twisted, to form a handle for its manipulation. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. at Wiff The large kind of fagot, which went by the name of kiln-bush, was bound with two wiffs. b. gen. A pliant twig or bough. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > bough or branch > flexible and slender rodc1275 wanda1300 wicker?1507 whip1585 switch1616 sway1630 withe1817 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. ii. vi. 245 As he rises from sleep, a Brahmen must rub his teeth with a proper withe. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. i. 20 The fork of the tree, from which the withe depended. 1881 R. C. Praed Policy & Passion vii A trailing withe of orange begonia. †c. A willow wand or garland carried into the sovereign's or a nobleman's house at Easter; hence, the ceremony or festivity itself. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities associated with Easter withe1465 heaving1787 Easter Parade1874 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > willow and allies > [noun] > stump, bark, or shoot of osierc1175 withe1465 twisted tree1598 sallow withe1657 society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities associated with Easter > wand or garland withe1465 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > willow > twig or rod of osierc1175 wanda1300 persha1398 withya1400 wicker14.. winding1405 withe1465 yedder1512 writhe1552 writh1810 skein1837 1465 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 509 Item, on Ester day my master gaff to John Kooke to the wythe, xxd. 1467 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 393 Item, on Estyr day, my mastyr gaffe to the wyffe in the Kenges howse, vj. s. viij. d. 1537 in Privy Purse Expenses Princess Mary (1831) 24 Geuen to the Kinges Cookes to thayr wythe at East^r..xl s. 1559 MS. Acc. Bk. Butchers Co. London Payd for xii men for y^e brynging in of y^e Quynes wythe. 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 72 In the weeke before Easter had yee great shewes made for the fetching in of a twisted Tree, or With,..out of the woodes into the kinges house. d. With allusion to the story of Samson in Judges xvi. 7 (see sense 1). ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [noun] > bond(s) or fetter(s) or shackle(s) > branch or twig withe1835 1835 F. W. Faber Lett. (1869) 39 My soul arose..and cracked in scorn the chains of darkness, like the green withs of the strong man. a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) I. xiv. 160 I know that if I choose to exert myself, I can break through the withes of green flax with which they try to bind me. 1876 J. S. Blackie Songs Relig. & Life 29 Strong by thee, like feeble withes he snapt The bonds of custom. †2. A halter, properly one made with withes. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of > noose or rope ropeeOE withec1275 cordc1330 snarea1425 tippet1447 girnc1480 halter1481 widdie1508 tether?a1513 hemp1532 Tyburn tippet1549 John Roper's window1552 neckweed1562 noose1567 horse-nightcap1593 tow1596 Tyburn tiffany1612 piccadill1615 snick-up1620 Tyburn piccadill1620 necklacea1625 squinsy1632 Welsh parsley1637 St. Johnston's riband1638 string1639 Bridport daggera1661 rope's end1663 cravat1680 swing1697 snecket1788 death cord1804 neckclothc1816 St. Johnston's tippet1816 death rope1824 mink1826 squeezer1836 yard-rope1850 necktie1866 Tyburn string1882 Stolypin's necktie1909 widdieneckc1920 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11394 Doð wiððe an his sweore & draȝeð hine to ane more. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 11551 Aboute þy nekke hanggeþ a wyþþe, Þat haþ þe departed fro Goddys gryþþe. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 135 Þe þief..yproued and y-nome and mid mo þanne an hondred misdedes þet heþ nieȝ þe wyþþe ine þe nykke. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xviii. 21–2. 681/2 Who walked about the streetes as it were with a with about his necke. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe iii. ii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Oo^v/2 A wyth take him. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 233 That he might be hanged in a With, and not in a Halter, because it had beene so vsed, with former Rebels. 1675 T. Brooks Word in Season Gen. Ep., in Paradice Opened sig. 43^v [He] was condemned to the fire with others, only he should have the favour of going to the Stake without a Wyth. 1694 S. Johnson Notes Pastoral Let.* 1 If the Highest Censures will not do it, we must do as is done in like Cases, we must Take a Wyth. 3. a. A willow. Now dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > willow and allies > [noun] > willow sallowa700 willowa750 withy961 withec1340 saugh1368 yolster1387 willow-treec1425 wailea1510 wrig1564 seal1579 sallow withe1657 wilger1682 werg1707 sollar1733 salix1775 fen-oak1886 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants cultivated or valued for their many uses > [noun] > trees or shrubs having many uses > willow willowa750 withy961 osierc1175 withenc1230 withec1340 yolster1387 willow-treec1425 osier tree1500 wailea1510 wrig1564 spert1578 seal1579 siler1607 palm-withy1609 sallow withe1657 gelster1670 wilger1682 osier willow1693 werg1707 weeping willow1731 sollar1733 salix1775 red osier1807 mourning willow1813 palm willow1869 fen-oak1886 bat-willow1907 cricket bat willow1907 sedge-willow1908 c1340 Nominale (Skeat) 671 Wyth, brome, and quincetre. 1569 in Court Minutes Surrey & Kent Sewer Comm. (London County Council) (1909) 31 To Cut vppe the Wythes by the Banck syde. 1572 in Court Minutes Surrey & Kent Sewer Comm. (London County Council) (1909) 130 To cut vp his wethes & share his bankes throw his groundes. 1696 H. Sloane Catal. Plantarum in Jamaica 172 Wild Vine or Water-with. 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. ii. 254 A Rod..made of Red Sallow, Withe or Hazel. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. I. iv. 328 The root of the curare, a species of withe. b. The creeping plant Heliotropium fruticosum, of Jamaica, the stems of which are used for making baskets. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > other plants yielding fibre, etc. withe1657 silk grass1753 restio1796 kurrajong1823 lechuguilla1834 kie-kie1847 munj1855 pua1858 sesban1860 settler's twine1898 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 87 Worse then all weeds, Withs, which are of a stronger grouth then the Canes. 1740 New Hist. Jamaica (ed. 2) 316. 1847 P. H. Gosse & R. Hill Birds of Jamaica 373 The gradual predominance of marsh plants, sagittaria,..bulrush, and black-withe. 4. technical. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [noun] > handle > flexible withe1867 strap1874 society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > hoop or ring hoopa1175 band1483 colletc1530 withe1892 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 360/2 A Glovers With..is a square Iron, writhen (as it were) like a Wreath..: Upon this they do use to rub and fret their Leather Skins to make them soft and plump; which kind of work from the name of the Instrument, they term Withing. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 736 With, an iron instrument fitted to the end of a boom or mast, with a ring to it, through which another boom or mast is rigged out and secured. Also, in mechanics, the elastic withe handles of cold chisels, set-tools, &c., which prevent a jar to the assistant's wrist. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 437/2 A blacksmith's chisel held in a hazel withe, and used for hot iron. 1892 Labour Commission Gloss. Withes, iron hoops or bands used for binding bales of cotton or rags. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations as withe axe, withe handle, withe patch; withe-woven adj. ΚΠ 1776 G. Cartwright Jrnl. 19 Oct. (1792) II. 215 The people came down from the lodge, and brought..a bundle of white-rods [sic]. 1819 J. Keats Let. 5 Sept. (1958) II. 156 At the days end his thoughts will run upon a withe axe if he ever had handled one. 1839 T. T. Stoddart Songs & Poems 21 The withe-woven pannier. 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind viii. 199 Axes made..by grinding the edge of a suitable pebble, and fixing it in a withe handle. 1902 C. J. Cornish Naturalist on Thames 85 I once turned out a dozen water-hens, a brown owl, a woodcock, and a water-rail, from one little withe patch. C2. withe-rod n. a deciduous shrub, Viburnum nudum, native to North America and bearing clusters of small white flowers; also, a thin flexible twig from this or a similar shrub. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > viburnums or guelder rose and allies > [noun] bendwithc1440 opier1548 opulus1548 ople1551 dwarf plane tree1578 water elder1578 whitten1578 guelder rose1597 rose elder1597 wayfaring man's tree1597 wayfaring tree1597 opiet1601 cotton tree1633 viorne1637 mealy tree1640 laurustinus1664 stinking tree1681 black haw1688 laurel-thyme1693 laurustine1693 viburnum1731 wayfaring shrub1731 May rose1753 pembina1760 snowball tree1760 mealtree1785 stink-tree1795 cherry-wood1821 snowball1828 sloe1846 withe-rod1846 lithy-tree1866 nannyberry1867 king's crown1879 stag bush1884 snowball bush1931 1846 G. B. Emerson Rep. Trees & Shrubs Mass. 364 The Naked Viburnum. Withe Rod... A slender, erect shrub. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1235/2 Withe-rod, Viburnum nudum. 1943 R. Peattie Great Smokies & Blue Ridge 265 We recognize the..withe rod..and wintergreen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2022). withev. Forms: Also Middle English wyþe, Middle English weþe, 1700s wythe, 1800s with. Etymology: < withe n. Now dialect and U.S. 1. transitive. To twist like a withe. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > twist spirally writheOE wethe1398 wind1398 withe1398 turna1450 cralla1475 twirk1599 twirla1625 twire1628 twist1714 wisp1753 twistle1788 twizzle1788 screw1834 twistify1835 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvii. cxliv. (MS. Add. 27944) Þey breketh nouȝt but þey beeþ ymade strengere with wyþynge [Bodl. MS. weþing] and wyndynge as þreede is with twynynge. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. x The horses..must haue..holmes withed about the[i]r tresses. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad ix. 345 Bacon..Withes Proteus Matter in his arms of might. 2. To bind with a withe or withes; U.S. to take (deer) with a noose made of withes. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > bind or tie [verb (transitive)] > bind > bind up or together > with flexible branches wattle1602 twig1688 yedder1818 withe1836 the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting specific animals > [verb (transitive)] > hunt deer > other deer-hunting actions strikea1400 rechasea1450 harbour1531 lodge1575 blanch1592 fresh find1811 withe1839 flag1884 yarda1891 1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.7) i. 424 Stay but a while, and yee shall see him with'd, and halter'd, and stak't, and baited to death. 1732 W. Ellis Pract. Farmer 125 Others..will drive in one Stake, and wythe it about the Tree. 1836 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. xvi If their fences..ain't [good], they ought to stake 'em up, and with them well. 1839 C. F. Hoffman Wild Scenes I. xix What, Linus, you are not a-going to withe the deer? 1841 J. F. Cooper Deerslayer I. vi. 105 Isn't it enough that I'm withed like a saw-log, that ye must choke too? Categories » 3. technical. (See 1688 at withe n. 4.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1000v.1398
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