withe

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English withe, withthe, from Old English wiþe, wiþþe (“cord, band, thong, fetter”), from Proto-Germanic *wiþiz, *wiþjǭ (“cord, rope”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis (“that which twines”), from *weyt- (“that which winds or bends, branch, switch”), from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, wind, bend”). Cognate with Danish vidje (“wicker”), Swedish vidja (“withe, wicker, osier”), Icelandic við, viðja (“a withe”), Latin vītis (“vine”), Russian ветвь (vetvʹ, “branch, bough, limb”). Doublet of vice (“a type of tool, etc.”). The brickwork and chimney architecture senses may have a different etymology, see wythe. === Pronunciation === enPR: wĭth, wĭth, wīth (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɪθ/, /wɪð/, /waɪð/ (General American) IPA(key): /wɪθ/, /wɪð/ Rhymes: -ɪθ, -ɪð, -aɪð === Noun === withe (plural withes) A flexible, slender shoot or twig, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy. Synonym: (obsolete or dialectal) winding A band of twisted twigs. An elastic handle to a tool to save the hand from the shock of blows. (nautical) 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. (masonry) Alternative spelling of wythe (“single section of bricks one unit thick”). (architecture) Alternative spelling of wythe (“partition between flues in a chimney”). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === withe (third-person singular simple present withes, present participle withing, simple past and past participle withed) (transitive) To bind with withes. (transitive) To beat with withes. === Anagrams === White, white