Definition of withe

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Withe (n.) 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..

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Wicker :: Wicker (n.) A small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork and the like; a withe.
Sapless :: Sapless (a.) Fig.: Dry; old; husky; withered; spiritless.
Blast :: Blast (v. i.) To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom..
Marcescent :: Marcescent (a.) Withering without/ falling off; fading; decaying.
Widdy :: Widdy (n.) A rope or halter made of flexible twigs, or withes, as of birch..
Cringle :: Cringle (n.) A withe for fastening a gate.
Wilt :: Wilt (v. t.) To cause to begin to wither; to make flaccid, as a green plant..
Dry :: Dry (v. i.) To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality.
Perish :: Perish (v. i.) To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away..
Frost-bitten :: Frost-bitten (p. a.) Nipped, withered, or injured, by frost or freezing..
Blight :: Blight (n.) That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes; that which impairs or destroys.
Wizen :: Wizen (v. i.) To wither; to dry.
Bromlife :: Bromlife (n.) A carbonate of baryta and lime, intermediate between witherite and strontianite; -- called also alstonite..
Withe :: Withe (v. t.) To bind or fasten with withes.
Marcid :: Marcid (a.) Pining; lean; withered.
Wythe :: Wythe (n.) Same as Withe, n., 4..
Blight :: Blight (n.) The act of blighting, or the state of being blighted; a withering or mildewing, or a stoppage of growth in the whole or a part of a plant, etc..
Hurdle :: Hurdle (n.) A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes..
Redwithe :: Redwithe (n.) A west Indian climbing shrub (Combretum Jacquini) with slender reddish branchlets.
Withered :: Withered (imp. & p. p.) of Withe.
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