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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Withy \With"y\, noun; pl. {Withies}. [OE. withe, wipi, AS. w[=i]?ig a willow, willow twig; akin to G. weide willow, OHG. w[=i]da, Icel. v[=i]?ja, a withy, Sw. vide a willow twig, Dan. vidie a willow, osier, Gr. ?, and probably to L. vitis a vine, viere to plait, Russ. vite. [root]141. Cf. {Wine}, {Withe}.]
1. (Bot.) The osier willow ({Salix viminalis}). See {Osier}, n. (a) .
2. A withe. See {Withe}, 1.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Withy \With"y\, adjective Made of withes; like a withe; flexible and tough; also, abounding in withes.
The stream is brimful now, and lies high in this little withy plantation. --G. Eliot.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
withy
noun: strong flexible twig [syn: {withe}]
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