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Definition of Withies

Withies
Withy With"y, n.; pl. Withies. [OE. withe, wipi, AS. w[=i]?ig a willow, willow twig; akin to G. weide willow, OHG. w[=i]da, Icel. v[=i]?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.

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- navigation-chart symbols for withies (port and starboard). NChart-Symbol INT Withy Port NChart-Symbol INT Withy Starboard Look up withy in Wiktionary, the free...
- Bitter Withy or Mary Mild (Roud #452) is an English folk song reflecting an unusual and apocryphal vernacular idea of Jesus Christ. The withy of the title...
- (12 m), with a 16-foot (5 m) arm span, and is made of black maul willow withies woven over a 3-tonne steel frame. Willow Man was commissioned by South...
- Withy is the surname of: Arthur Withy (1870–1943), New Zealand journalist and political activist, son of Edward Withy Edward Withy (c. 1844–1927), English...
- Edward Withy (c. 1844 – 26 March 1927) was born in Bristol, England and in 1869 co-founded a shipbuilding partnership at Hartlepool that eventually became...
- Furness Withy was a major British transport business. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange. The company was founded by Christopher Furness and Henry...
- Arthur Withy (February 1870 – 24 September 1943) was a New Zealand journalist and political activist. Born in Seaton Carew in England in 1870, Withy arrived...
- Award of Garden Merit. As with several other willows, the shoots, called withies, are often used in basketry. The wood of this and other willow species...
- or korbács (in Hungarian). The pomlázka consists of four to twenty-four withies, and usually measures from half a metre to two metres long, and is decorated...
- osiery is where historically willows were planted and coppiced to produce withies, which were used for basket making, fish-traps, and other purposes. The...