Withe

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To bind or fasten with withes.

II. Withe ·noun A band consisting of a twig twisted.

III. Withe ·noun A partition between flues in a chimney.

IV. Withe ·noun A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy.

V. Withe ·noun 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; a wythe.