Definitions
1.nounA flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.
2.nounA band of twisted twigs.
3.nounAn elastic handle to a tool to save the hand from the shock of blows.
4.nounAn iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured.
5.nounA partition between flues in a chimney.
6.verbTo bind with withes.
7.verbTo beat with withes.