withy

with·y (w

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adj.

1. Made of or as flexible as withes; tough.

2. Wiry and agile.

n. pl. with·ies

1. A rope or band made of withes.

a. A long flexible twig, as that of an osier.

b. A tree or shrub having such twigs.

[withe + -y. N., from Middle English withye, willow branch, from Old English wthig, willow; see wei- in Indo-European roots.]

withy [ˈwɪðɪ]

n pl withies

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) a variant spelling of withe [1] [2]

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a willow tree, esp an osier

adj

1. (of people) tough and agile

2. Rare resembling a withe in strength or flexibility

[Old English wīdig(e); related to Old Norse vīthir, Old High German wīda, Latin vītis vine, Sanskrit vītika fetter. See withe, wire]

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Noun

withy - strong flexible twig

withe

branchlet, sprig, twig - a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year

osier - flexible twig of a willow tree

Translations

withy [ˈwɪðɪ] N → mimbre m or f

withy

n (= willow) → Korbweide f; (= twig) → Weide(nrute) f

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The stream is brimful now, and lies high in this little withy plantation, and half drowns the grassy fringe of the croft in front of the house.

The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context

Would you say `most,' I replied, when you consider that there is a further stage of the evil in which a man is not only a life-long litigant, passing all his days in the courts, either as plaintiff or defendant, but is actually led by his bad taste to pride himself on his litigiousness; he imagines that he is a master in dishonesty; able to take every crooked turn, and wriggle into and out of every hole, bending like a withy and getting out of the way of justice: and all for what?

The Republic by Plato View in context

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