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Definition of withy in English: withy(also withe) nounPlural withes, Plural withies ˈwɪði 1A tough, flexible branch of an osier or other willow, used for tying, binding, or basketry. 柳条，柳条绳 it is fixed with withies tied to the common rafters as modifier a withy basket Example sentencesExamples - There his mean-spirited Uncle Stan and his kinder but stroke-stricken Aunt Flor live mainly by gathering withies for basket-making, but are now on the edge of destitution.
- This was done with thin strips of wood and bark, fine branches from trees such as hazel or willow withies, and reeds.
- Thin as a willow withe, and sharp, the long, gray eyes missing nothing.
- Billy Greer returns to his uncle's withy farm after the second world war to find it badly run down.
- The replica's planks are fixed together with polyester rope, rather than the yew stitches - or withies - used to sew the oak timbers on the original.
- White withies are produced by stripping the bark away, the buff has been boiled with its bark on and then the bark then removed and the browns are the withies complete with bark.
- Here are penned beasts, goats and spotted cattle, swaying their streaming heads and watching me, ears flapping over woven withy walls.
- In the early medieval period the majority of the basket work was functional and there was no need to add extra work to the making of fish traps and baskets: brown withies would have been the most common.
- The village of Stoke St Gregory is at the centre of the withy beds.
Synonyms small branch, shoot, offshoot, stem, scion - 1.1
another term for osier Example sentencesExamples - HUIA 2002 Marlborough Medium bodied withy earthy smoky flavours which remind me of Lapsang Souchong tea.
- The bat was a ‘staff’ made of withy about 3 1/2 feet long.
OriginOld English wīthig, of Germanic origin; related to German Weide. Definition of withy in US English: withy(also withe) noun 1A tough, flexible branch of an osier or other willow, used for tying, binding, or basketry. 柳条，柳条绳 it is fixed with withies tied to the common rafters as modifier a withy basket Example sentencesExamples - In the early medieval period the majority of the basket work was functional and there was no need to add extra work to the making of fish traps and baskets: brown withies would have been the most common.
- This was done with thin strips of wood and bark, fine branches from trees such as hazel or willow withies, and reeds.
- There his mean-spirited Uncle Stan and his kinder but stroke-stricken Aunt Flor live mainly by gathering withies for basket-making, but are now on the edge of destitution.
- Here are penned beasts, goats and spotted cattle, swaying their streaming heads and watching me, ears flapping over woven withy walls.
- White withies are produced by stripping the bark away, the buff has been boiled with its bark on and then the bark then removed and the browns are the withies complete with bark.
- Billy Greer returns to his uncle's withy farm after the second world war to find it badly run down.
- The village of Stoke St Gregory is at the centre of the withy beds.
- Thin as a willow withe, and sharp, the long, gray eyes missing nothing.
- The replica's planks are fixed together with polyester rope, rather than the yew stitches - or withies - used to sew the oak timbers on the original.
Synonyms small branch, shoot, offshoot, stem, scion - 1.1
another term for osier Example sentencesExamples - The bat was a ‘staff’ made of withy about 3 1/2 feet long.
- HUIA 2002 Marlborough Medium bodied withy earthy smoky flavours which remind me of Lapsang Souchong tea.
OriginOld English wīthig, of Germanic origin; related to German Weide. |