withe

English

/wɪθ/, /wɪθ/

noun
Definitions
  • A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.
  • A band of twisted twigs.
  • An elastic handle to a tool to save the hand from the shock of blows.
  • (nautical) 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.
  • (architecture) A partition between flues in a chimney.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English withe inherited from Old English wiþe inherited from Proto-Germanic *wiþiz (cord, withe, thong, rope) derived from Proto-Indo-European *weyt- (switch, branch, that which winds bends, something twisted, whip, rod), *wey- (turn, bend, wind, rotate turn, move, plait, twist, be strong, go ahead, weave).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wey-

Gloss

turn, bend, wind, rotate turn, move, plait, twist, be strong, go ahead, weave

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

織

Emoji
🙃

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