WITHE
Withe, n. Etym: [OE. withe. Withy, n.] [Written also with.]
1. A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy.
2. A band consisting of a twig twisted.
3. (Naut.)
Defn: 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; a wythe. R. H. Dana, Jr.
4. (Arch.)
Defn: A partition between flues in a chimney.
WITHE
Withe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Withed; p. pr. & vb. n. Withing.]
Defn: To bind or fasten with withes. You shall see him withed, and haltered, and staked, and baited to death. Bp. Hall.
WITHER
With"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Withered; p. pr. & vb. n. Withering.]
Etym: [OE. wideren; probably the same word as wederen to weather (see
Weather, v. & n.); or cf. G. verwittern to decay, to be weather-
beaten, Lith. vysti to wither.]