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withes

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Noun

withes noun

  1. A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.
  2. A band of twisted twigs.
  3. An elastic handle to a tool to save the hand from the shock of blows.
  4. 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.

Verb

withes verb

  1. To bind with withes.
  2. To beat with withes.

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