Withe ] [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.
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.
A partition between flues in a chimney.
© Webster 1913.
Withe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Withed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Withing.]
To bind or fasten with withes.
You shall see him withed, and haltered, and staked, and baited to death.
Bp. Hall.
© Webster 1913.