Definitions for withe

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Spelling: [with, with, wahyth]
IPA: /wɪθ, wɪð, waɪð/

Withe is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in withe (ehitw).

Definitions for withe

noun

  1. a willow twig or osier.
  2. any tough, flexible twig or stem suitable for binding things together.
  3. an elastic handle for a tool, to lessen shock occurring in use.
  4. a partition dividing flues of a chimney.

verb (used with object)

  1. to bind with withes.

Origin of withe

before 1000; Middle English, Old English withthe; akin to Old Norse vīthir withy, Gothic kunawida chain, Latin viēre to weave together

Examples for withe

He stretched the withe on the field, and began to put the corn in it.

A withe (A) was tied to the upper end, and this was secured to the arm of the woman just above the wrist.

His trophies were indeed worth taking, and tying their legs together with a withe he hung them across his saddle bow.

Others are used in handles, either fastened with gum, or consisting of a withe passed round the stone and tied underneath.

God for thy grace what hathe Poliphemus to do withe the gospell?

You find a man hanging by a gad (withe), and you cut him down to save him.

We hooked ourselves to the withe and made lively tracks to the shanty, where we could talk and laugh of the day's hunt.

I got up, cut a withe of bamboo, and made her fast to a root.

It was a whole year since the withe had been fastened around him.

Then he drew from his belt his hunting knife, the only weapon that he had not discarded, and cut the withe that held the canoe.

Word Value for withe
Scrable

11

Words with friends

10

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