withyn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪði/, U.S.

/ˈwɪði/,

/ˈwɪθi/

Forms: Old English wiðig, Middle English wiði, Middle English wiþie, wiþge, ( w(h)itheye, wytie, weþie), Middle English, 1500s–1600s (1800s Scottish) withie, Middle English–1500s wythy, Middle English–1600s withye, wythie, 1500s wythye, 1500s–1600s withee (Middle English withi, wethei, wethie, plural wetheis, wethiss, Middle English–1500s wethy, whythy, 1500s wethye, plural wythiese), 1600s, 1800s withey, 1500s– withy.

Etymology: Old English wíþig (= Latin vītex , vītic- Agnus Castus), for the connections of which see withe n. Compare widdie n.

a. A willow of any species: sometimes spec. the osier willow, Salix viminalis.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > willow and allies > [noun] > willow

sallowa700

willowa750

withy961

withec1340

saugh1368

yolster1387

willow-treec1425

wailea1510

wrig1564

seal1579

sallow withe1657

wilger1682

werg1707

sollar1733

salix1775

fen-oak1886

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants cultivated or valued for their many uses > [noun] > trees or shrubs having many uses > willow

willowa750

withy961

osierc1175

withenc1230

withec1340

yolster1387

willow-treec1425

osier tree1500

wailea1510

wrig1564

spert1578

seal1579

siler1607

palm-withy1609

sallow withe1657

gelster1670

wilger1682

osier willow1693

werg1707

weeping willow1731

sollar1733

salix1775

red osier1807

mourning willow1813

palm willow1869

fen-oak1886

bat-willow1907

cricket bat willow1907

sedge-willow1908

961 in Birch Cartul. Sax. III. 289 On þone haran wiðig.

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 37 He is ase þe wiði [c1230 Corpus wiðin] þet sprutteð ut ðe betere þet me hine ofte croppeð.

1325 in W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. (1695) 395 Tres acræ apud le Whitheyes.

1325 in W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. (1695) 400 A quo quidem prato dimidia roda jacet atte Witheyes juxta pratum Prioris.

c1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 163 Sauz [glossed wytie (wilwe)].

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Lev. xxiii. 40 Ȝe shulen take to ȝow..withies of the rennynge water.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xiii. xi In som partie of his brymme he haþ plente of wiþges and of segge as it is seide.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xiiii^v The rakes..be moost comenly made of hasell & withe [?c1540 withee].

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. lxii. 403 [Polypody] growing vppon olde wythiese.

a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) I. 123 To be a bendinge withy, not a stubborne Oke.

1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 180 Withees, whilst they are sound grow Unregarded Trees; but when they once are Rotten, Shine in the Night.

1791 W. Gilpin Remarks Forest Scenery I. 64 The withy, or salix fragilis, is the most inconsiderable of it's tribe.

1866 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell l The witheys were gloved with silver and gold.

1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xxix. 302 The moaning of the breeze among the withies.

b. With qualification, applied to various species of willow; also to other plants, as the laserwort, Laserpitium Siler: see quots. hoop withy n. see hoop n.¹ Compounds 2. rose withy: see rose n.¹ and adj.¹ Compounds 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > laserwort plant or root

sermountainc1450

magydare1530

Lombardy lovage1548

bastard lovage1597

laser-wort1597

withy1866

14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 629/9 Wythy, ciler.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xlii Whyte wethy..woll nat growe in marsshe grounde.

1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 153/1 Siler,..spert withie, ozier withie, or small withie.

1612 R. Ch. Olde Thrift newly Revived 49 The Withie, of which are said to be 4 kinds, that is, the white withy, blacke Withie, and red Withie, osier Withie.

1650 W. How Phytologia Britannica 27 Chamænerion sive Epilobium..Rosebay willow-herb, Rose withy, or Willow-flower.

1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 191 This Withy often arrives to a large Stature, especially the red Sort.

1860 J. W. Warter Sea-board & Down II. 35 The yellow withy which lived on the moisture in the hollow.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1235/2 Withy, Laserpitium Siler:..—, Hoop, Rivina octandra.

a. A flexible branch of a willow, esp. as used for tying or binding, as a halter (cf. widdie n. 1b), etc.; any similar flexible branch or twig; a leash, hoop, or the like made of a withy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > made of flexible twigs or branches

withec1000

withya1400

widdie1471

gad1689

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > willow > twig or rod of

osierc1175

wanda1300

persha1398

withya1400

wicker14..

winding1405

withe1465

yedder1512

writhe1552

writh1810

skein1837

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > stick, twig, or rod > flexible twig for binding

withec1000

withya1400

widdie1471

weef1831

a1400 Sir Perc. 444 Therto his mere he bande With the withy.

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. ix. 2874 Withe rapis and wetheis about þar hals.

c1460 R. Roos tr. La Belle Dame sans Mercy 186 With grene wythies ybounden.

1564 W. Bullein Dialogue against Fever Pestilence f. 2 I had better be hanged in a withie or in a Cowtaile, then bæ a rowfooted Scot.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1348/2 Which tempest..rent vp manie great trees,..or woond them like withies.

1658 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1888) VI. He is a rogue and deserves a withy.

1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. xlv, 149 A Rattan Withy to lift them by.

1787 W. Hutton Courts of Requests 324 The ties of honour..are as easily broken through, as Sampson's withies.

1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Withy, a round hoop of osier.

1805 R. Southey Madoc i. v. 49 Canes, and withies, formed the walls and roof.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor vi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 164 In order to save himself from the withie.

1865 W. G. Palgrave Narr. Journey through Arabia II. 219 Palm-huts unroofed, despite of their strong lacings and withies.

1893 A. Conan Doyle Refugees xxxiv They were lashed to low posts with willow withies.

b. collective singular. Withies as a material.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > willow > twig or rod of > collectively

wicker1336

osiery1742

withy1833

1833 H. Martineau Brooke & Brooke Farm (ed. 3) viii. 95 The harness was made of withy.

1915 Q. Rev. July 4 Pots of withy or of stout netting..are used for crabs.

†3. = widdie n. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > specific quantity of

withy1438

widdie1482

1438 Exch. Rolls Scot. V. 58 Pro fabrica septem wethyis erri.

1456 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1883) VI. 278.

1484 Exch. Rolls Scot. IX. 239.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

withy band n.

ΚΠ

a1688 G. Stradling Serm. & Disc. (1692) 176 Those Shackles..which could no more hold him, than the withy bands could Sampson.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Mercury lxix, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 318 He..bound Stiff withy bands the infant's wrists around.

withy basket n.

ΚΠ

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles xlix, in Graphic 5 Dec. 665/3 She..packed up as many of her belongings as would go into a withy basket.

withy bed n.

ΚΠ

956 in Birch Cartul. Sax. III. 96 On ðæt wiðig bed.

1420 Chertsey Cartulary 41 b (P.R.O.) Duas acras terre et dimidiam super le Whythybed.

1583 in T. P. Wadley Notes Wills Orphan Bk. Bristol (1886) 237 The withie Bedd or twigg bedd.

1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows III. xxxix. 62 And now, sir, do you push on to that corner of this withy-bed.

1898 J. A. Gibbs Cotswold Village 106 When November frosts begin to attract snipes to the withybeds.

withy blossom n.

ΚΠ

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 203 As soon as the Willow or Withy Blossoms appear.

withy bough n.

ΚΠ

c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 412 An arm gret withi bough.

1862 W. Barnes Hwomely Rhymes II. 85 Grey-leav'd withy-boughs.

withy cutting n.

ΚΠ

1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon vi. 137 Two rows of withy or sallow cuttings.

withy holt n.

ΚΠ

1856 E. S. Tennyson Jrnl. 24 Apr. in H. Tennyson Alfred Ld. Tennyson: Mem. (1897) I. xix. 412 Went to our withy holt.

withy labyrinth n.

ΚΠ

1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island i. lv. 15 When a fisher-swain..hath spi'd A big-grown Pike..He sets a withy Labyrinth beside.

withy leaf n.

ΚΠ

c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 995 Wethy leves, grene otes boyled in fere fulle soft.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. li. 72 The leaues be..like willow, or wythie leaues.

withy pollard n.

ΚΠ

1862 C. Kingsley Water-babies iii, in Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 439/1 The great withy pollard which hangs over the backwater.

withy pot n.

ΚΠ

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1665 (1955) III. 400 Withy potts or nests for the Wild foule to lay in.

withy prison n.

ΚΠ

1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island iii. ii. 29 Thirsil from withy prison..Lets out his flock.

withy rope n.

ΚΠ

1815 L. Simond Jrnl. Tour Great Brit. II. 240 The withy rope lasts good two years.

withy shoot n.

ΚΠ

a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 375 I gathered withy-shoots over which the cart-wheel had run.

withy tree n.

ΚΠ

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. cxliv Þerfor it [is] nouȝt seker to slepe vnder þe weþie tree.

1664 J. Evelyn Sylva xxix. 82 A.. Withy-tree..which is increased to a most stupendious bulk.

withy twig n.

ΚΠ

a1822 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Mercury xiii, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 299 He..bound them in a lump with withy twigs.

withy wood n.

ΚΠ

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xiiii Than may he..toth the rakes with dry wethy wode.

withy-bound adj.

ΚΠ

1898 A. Austin Lamia's Winter-quarters 8 The withy-bound flask of ruby wine.

C2.

† withy-cole n. Obsolete ? charcoal made of willow wood.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > charcoal > [noun]

coalOE

charcoalc1400

lind-coal14..

black coal1525

small coal1591

beech-coal1607

sallow charcoal1615

brier-coal1626

wood-coal1653

withy-cole1657

chark1708

vegetable ethiops1752

biochar1995

1657 T. Reeve God's Plea for Nineveh 254 Fumigations of Storax,..Nemphar, Dragagant, Withy-cole.

† withy-cragged adj. [cragged adj.²] Obsolete (see quots.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having particular type of neck

withy-cragged1607

ewe-necked1704

yo-necked1836

1607 G. Markham Cavelarice iii. 14 His necke straight..and..of one peece with his bodie, and not (as my countrey-men say) withie craggd, which is loose and plyant.

1766 Compl. Farmer at Stable The continual lifting up of the head to feed out of the rack..makes him, as they express it, withy~cragged.

† withy-fly n. Obsolete an artificial fly used in angling.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > types of

moor flylOE

drake-flya1450

dub-flya1450

dun cut1496

dun fly1496

louper1496

red fly1616

moorish fly1635

palmer1653

palmer fly1653

red hackle1653

red palmer1653

shell-fly1653

orange fly1662

blackfly1669

dun1676

dun hackle1676

hackle1676

mayfly1676

peacock fly1676

thorn-tree fly1676

turkey-fly1676

violet-fly1676

whirling dun1676

badger fly1681

greenfly1686

moorish brown1689

prime dun1696

sandfly1700

grey midge1724

whirling blue1747

dun drake?1758

death drake1766

hackle fly1786

badger1787

blue1787

brown-fly1787

camel-brown1787

spinner1787

midge1799

night-fly1799

thorn-fly1799

turkey1799

withy-fly1799

grayling fly1811

sun fly1820

cock-a-bondy1835

brown moth1837

bunting-lark fly1837

governor1837

water-hen hackle1837

Waterloo fly1837

coachman1839

soldier palmer1839

blue jay1843

red tag1850

canary1855

white-tip1856

spider1857

bumble1859

doctor1860

ibis1863

Jock Scott1866

eagle1867

highlander1867

jay1867

John Scott1867

judge1867

parson1867

priest1867

snow-fly1867

Jack Scott1874

Alexandra1875

silver doctor1875

Alexandra fly1882

grackle1894

grizzly queen1894

heckle-fly1897

Zulu1898

thunder and lightning1910

streamer1919

Devon1924

peacock1950

1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. x. 298 Alder-fly, withy-fly, or bastard-caddis.

† withy-herb n. Obsolete purple loosestrife: = willow-herb n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > loosestrife and allied flowers

loosestrife1548

purple loosestrife1548

red loosestrife1548

red lysimachus1578

spiked or purple-spiked willow-herb1578

withy-herb1578

water willow1585

willow-wort1731

willow weed1866

swamp loosestrife-

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. li. 75 Red Lysimachus, or wythie herbe.

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单词	withy
释义	withyn. Brit. /ˈwɪði/, U.S. /ˈwɪði/, /ˈwɪθi/ Forms: Old English wiðig, Middle English wiði, Middle English wiþie, wiþge, ( w(h)itheye, wytie, weþie), Middle English, 1500s–1600s (1800s Scottish) withie, Middle English–1500s wythy, Middle English–1600s withye, wythie, 1500s wythye, 1500s–1600s withee (Middle English withi, wethei, wethie, plural wetheis, wethiss, Middle English–1500s wethy, whythy, 1500s wethye, plural wythiese), 1600s, 1800s withey, 1500s– withy. Etymology: Old English wíþig (= Latin vītex , vītic- Agnus Castus), for the connections of which see withe n. Compare widdie n. 1. a. A willow of any species: sometimes spec. the osier willow, Salix viminalis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > willow and allies > [noun] > willow sallowa700 willowa750 withy961 withec1340 saugh1368 yolster1387 willow-treec1425 wailea1510 wrig1564 seal1579 sallow withe1657 wilger1682 werg1707 sollar1733 salix1775 fen-oak1886 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants cultivated or valued for their many uses > [noun] > trees or shrubs having many uses > willow willowa750 withy961 osierc1175 withenc1230 withec1340 yolster1387 willow-treec1425 osier tree1500 wailea1510 wrig1564 spert1578 seal1579 siler1607 palm-withy1609 sallow withe1657 gelster1670 wilger1682 osier willow1693 werg1707 weeping willow1731 sollar1733 salix1775 red osier1807 mourning willow1813 palm willow1869 fen-oak1886 bat-willow1907 cricket bat willow1907 sedge-willow1908 961 in Birch Cartul. Sax. III. 289 On þone haran wiðig. a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 37 He is ase þe wiði [c1230 Corpus wiðin] þet sprutteð ut ðe betere þet me hine ofte croppeð. 1325 in W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. (1695) 395 Tres acræ apud le Whitheyes. 1325 in W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. (1695) 400 A quo quidem prato dimidia roda jacet atte Witheyes juxta pratum Prioris. c1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 163 Sauz [glossed wytie (wilwe)]. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Lev. xxiii. 40 Ȝe shulen take to ȝow..withies of the rennynge water. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xiii. xi In som partie of his brymme he haþ plente of wiþges and of segge as it is seide. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xiiii^v The rakes..be moost comenly made of hasell & withe [?c1540 withee]. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. lxii. 403 [Polypody] growing vppon olde wythiese. a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) I. 123 To be a bendinge withy, not a stubborne Oke. 1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 180 Withees, whilst they are sound grow Unregarded Trees; but when they once are Rotten, Shine in the Night. 1791 W. Gilpin Remarks Forest Scenery I. 64 The withy, or salix fragilis, is the most inconsiderable of it's tribe. 1866 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell l The witheys were gloved with silver and gold. 1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xxix. 302 The moaning of the breeze among the withies. b. With qualification, applied to various species of willow; also to other plants, as the laserwort, Laserpitium Siler: see quots. hoop withy n. see hoop n.¹ Compounds 2. rose withy: see rose n.¹ and adj.¹ Compounds 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > laserwort plant or root sermountainc1450 magydare1530 Lombardy lovage1548 bastard lovage1597 laser-wort1597 withy1866 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 629/9 Wythy, ciler. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xlii Whyte wethy..woll nat growe in marsshe grounde. 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 153/1 Siler,..spert withie, ozier withie, or small withie. 1612 R. Ch. Olde Thrift newly Revived 49 The Withie, of which are said to be 4 kinds, that is, the white withy, blacke Withie, and red Withie, osier Withie. 1650 W. How Phytologia Britannica 27 Chamænerion sive Epilobium..Rosebay willow-herb, Rose withy, or Willow-flower. 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 191 This Withy often arrives to a large Stature, especially the red Sort. 1860 J. W. Warter Sea-board & Down II. 35 The yellow withy which lived on the moisture in the hollow. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1235/2 Withy, Laserpitium Siler:..—, Hoop, Rivina octandra. 2. a. A flexible branch of a willow, esp. as used for tying or binding, as a halter (cf. widdie n. 1b), etc.; any similar flexible branch or twig; a leash, hoop, or the like made of a withy. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > made of flexible twigs or branches withec1000 withya1400 widdie1471 gad1689 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > willow > twig or rod of osierc1175 wanda1300 persha1398 withya1400 wicker14.. winding1405 withe1465 yedder1512 writhe1552 writh1810 skein1837 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > stick, twig, or rod > flexible twig for binding withec1000 withya1400 widdie1471 weef1831 a1400 Sir Perc. 444 Therto his mere he bande With the withy. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. ix. 2874 Withe rapis and wetheis about þar hals. c1460 R. Roos tr. La Belle Dame sans Mercy 186 With grene wythies ybounden. 1564 W. Bullein Dialogue against Fever Pestilence f. 2 I had better be hanged in a withie or in a Cowtaile, then bæ a rowfooted Scot. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1348/2 Which tempest..rent vp manie great trees,..or woond them like withies. 1658 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1888) VI. He is a rogue and deserves a withy. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. xlv, 149 A Rattan Withy to lift them by. 1787 W. Hutton Courts of Requests 324 The ties of honour..are as easily broken through, as Sampson's withies. 1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Withy, a round hoop of osier. 1805 R. Southey Madoc i. v. 49 Canes, and withies, formed the walls and roof. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor vi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 164 In order to save himself from the withie. 1865 W. G. Palgrave Narr. Journey through Arabia II. 219 Palm-huts unroofed, despite of their strong lacings and withies. 1893 A. Conan Doyle Refugees xxxiv They were lashed to low posts with willow withies. b. collective singular. Withies as a material. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > willow > twig or rod of > collectively wicker1336 osiery1742 withy1833 1833 H. Martineau Brooke & Brooke Farm (ed. 3) viii. 95 The harness was made of withy. 1915 Q. Rev. July 4 Pots of withy or of stout netting..are used for crabs. †3. = widdie n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > specific quantity of withy1438 widdie1482 1438 Exch. Rolls Scot. V. 58 Pro fabrica septem wethyis erri. 1456 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1883) VI. 278. 1484 Exch. Rolls Scot. IX. 239. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. withy band n. ΚΠ a1688 G. Stradling Serm. & Disc. (1692) 176 Those Shackles..which could no more hold him, than the withy bands could Sampson. a1822 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Mercury lxix, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 318 He..bound Stiff withy bands the infant's wrists around. withy basket n. ΚΠ 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles xlix, in Graphic 5 Dec. 665/3 She..packed up as many of her belongings as would go into a withy basket. withy bed n. ΚΠ 956 in Birch Cartul. Sax. III. 96 On ðæt wiðig bed. 1420 Chertsey Cartulary 41 b (P.R.O.) Duas acras terre et dimidiam super le Whythybed. 1583 in T. P. Wadley Notes Wills Orphan Bk. Bristol (1886) 237 The withie Bedd or twigg bedd. 1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows III. xxxix. 62 And now, sir, do you push on to that corner of this withy-bed. 1898 J. A. Gibbs Cotswold Village 106 When November frosts begin to attract snipes to the withybeds. withy blossom n. ΚΠ 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 203 As soon as the Willow or Withy Blossoms appear. withy bough n. ΚΠ c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 412 An arm gret withi bough. 1862 W. Barnes Hwomely Rhymes II. 85 Grey-leav'd withy-boughs. withy cutting n. ΚΠ 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon vi. 137 Two rows of withy or sallow cuttings. withy holt n. ΚΠ 1856 E. S. Tennyson Jrnl. 24 Apr. in H. Tennyson Alfred Ld. Tennyson: Mem. (1897) I. xix. 412 Went to our withy holt. withy labyrinth n. ΚΠ 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island i. lv. 15 When a fisher-swain..hath spi'd A big-grown Pike..He sets a withy Labyrinth beside. withy leaf n. ΚΠ c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 995 Wethy leves, grene otes boyled in fere fulle soft. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. li. 72 The leaues be..like willow, or wythie leaues. withy pollard n. ΚΠ 1862 C. Kingsley Water-babies iii, in Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 439/1 The great withy pollard which hangs over the backwater. withy pot n. ΚΠ a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1665 (1955) III. 400 Withy potts or nests for the Wild foule to lay in. withy prison n. ΚΠ 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island iii. ii. 29 Thirsil from withy prison..Lets out his flock. withy rope n. ΚΠ 1815 L. Simond Jrnl. Tour Great Brit. II. 240 The withy rope lasts good two years. withy shoot n. ΚΠ a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 375 I gathered withy-shoots over which the cart-wheel had run. withy tree n. ΚΠ 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. cxliv Þerfor it [is] nouȝt seker to slepe vnder þe weþie tree. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva xxix. 82 A.. Withy-tree..which is increased to a most stupendious bulk. withy twig n. ΚΠ a1822 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Mercury xiii, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 299 He..bound them in a lump with withy twigs. withy wood n. ΚΠ ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xiiii Than may he..toth the rakes with dry wethy wode. b. withy-bound adj. ΚΠ 1898 A. Austin Lamia's Winter-quarters 8 The withy-bound flask of ruby wine. C2. † withy-cole n. Obsolete ? charcoal made of willow wood. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > charcoal > [noun] coalOE charcoalc1400 lind-coal14.. black coal1525 small coal1591 beech-coal1607 sallow charcoal1615 brier-coal1626 wood-coal1653 withy-cole1657 chark1708 vegetable ethiops1752 biochar1995 1657 T. Reeve God's Plea for Nineveh 254 Fumigations of Storax,..Nemphar, Dragagant, Withy-cole. † withy-cragged adj. [cragged adj.²] Obsolete (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having particular type of neck withy-cragged1607 ewe-necked1704 yo-necked1836 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice iii. 14 His necke straight..and..of one peece with his bodie, and not (as my countrey-men say) withie craggd, which is loose and plyant. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Stable The continual lifting up of the head to feed out of the rack..makes him, as they express it, withy~cragged. † withy-fly n. Obsolete an artificial fly used in angling. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > types of moor flylOE drake-flya1450 dub-flya1450 dun cut1496 dun fly1496 louper1496 red fly1616 moorish fly1635 palmer1653 palmer fly1653 red hackle1653 red palmer1653 shell-fly1653 orange fly1662 blackfly1669 dun1676 dun hackle1676 hackle1676 mayfly1676 peacock fly1676 thorn-tree fly1676 turkey-fly1676 violet-fly1676 whirling dun1676 badger fly1681 greenfly1686 moorish brown1689 prime dun1696 sandfly1700 grey midge1724 whirling blue1747 dun drake?1758 death drake1766 hackle fly1786 badger1787 blue1787 brown-fly1787 camel-brown1787 spinner1787 midge1799 night-fly1799 thorn-fly1799 turkey1799 withy-fly1799 grayling fly1811 sun fly1820 cock-a-bondy1835 brown moth1837 bunting-lark fly1837 governor1837 water-hen hackle1837 Waterloo fly1837 coachman1839 soldier palmer1839 blue jay1843 red tag1850 canary1855 white-tip1856 spider1857 bumble1859 doctor1860 ibis1863 Jock Scott1866 eagle1867 highlander1867 jay1867 John Scott1867 judge1867 parson1867 priest1867 snow-fly1867 Jack Scott1874 Alexandra1875 silver doctor1875 Alexandra fly1882 grackle1894 grizzly queen1894 heckle-fly1897 Zulu1898 thunder and lightning1910 streamer1919 Devon1924 peacock1950 1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. x. 298 Alder-fly, withy-fly, or bastard-caddis. † withy-herb n. Obsolete purple loosestrife: = willow-herb n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > loosestrife and allied flowers loosestrife1548 purple loosestrife1548 red loosestrife1548 red lysimachus1578 spiked or purple-spiked willow-herb1578 withy-herb1578 water willow1585 willow-wort1731 willow weed1866 swamp loosestrife- 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. li. 75 Red Lysimachus, or wythie herbe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2022). withyadj. Forms: Also withey. Etymology: < withe n. + -y suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈwithy. rare. Resembling a withe or withy in flexibility. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] tougha700 lithyc1000 softc1330 weak?a1366 plianta1382 persha1398 plyinga1398 lithec1400 supplec1400 plicable?a1425 curvable?1440 lethec1440 scretec1440 pliablec1475 bowable1483 bowing1483 waldinc1485 supple1513 flexible1548 limber1565 lither1565 bending1567 osier1577 wiry1588 buxom1590 withy1598 suppliable1599 renderingc1600 fluxible1607 winding1609 bendable1611 flippant1622 flexive1629 flexile1633 maniable1633 compliant1667 flectible1705 limp1706 yieldy1757 complying1774 limberly1782 willowy1791 switchy1810 wandy1825 twistable1853 bendsome1861 whippy1867 swack1868 bendy1873 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Vencido, tractable, yeeldinge,..plyable, withie. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 244 A strong withey shrub. 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall (U.K. ed.) II. 87 The long, withy ends of the branches. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.956adj.1598
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