whittyn.
/ˈwɪti/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪdi/ dialect.
Usually whitty-tree = whitten-tree at whitten n. 1
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a1697 J. Aubrey Nat. Hist. Wilts. (1847) i. ix. 56 Whitty-tree, or wayfaring-tree, is rare in this country.
1833 E. Lees Affin. Plants (1834) 63 The true-service or sorb-tree... This tree..is called the whitty or witten pear-tree, its fruit being exactly similar to very small pears.
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Whitty-tree, the mountain ash. West.
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Witty (L), the mountain ash. Salop.
1868 Archaeologia 42 125 The Rowan or Quick-beam,..popularly termed the Mountain Ash.., and, in some counties, the Whiten-tree and the Witty.
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