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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Withy \With"y\, n.; pl. {Withies}. [OE. withe, wipi, AS. w[c6][?]ig a willow, willow twig; akin to G. weide willow, OHG. w[c6]da, Icel. v[c6][?]ja, a withy, Sw. vide a willow twig, Dan. vidie a willow, osier, Gr. [?], and probably to L. vitis a vine, viere to plait, Russ. vite. [root]141. Cf. {Wine}, {Withe}.] 1. (Bot.) The osier willow ({Salix viminalis}). See {Osier}, n. (a) . 2. A withe. See {Withe}, 1. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Withy \With"y\, a. Made of withes; like a withe; flexible and tough; also, abounding in withes. The stream is brimful now, and lies high in this little withy plantation. --G. Eliot. | |
