\Withe\ (?; 277), n. [OE. withe. ????. See {Withy}, n.]
[Written also {with}.]
1. A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a
   willow or osier twig; a withy.
2. A band consisting of a twig twisted.
3. (Naut.) 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. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
4. (Arch.) A partition between flues in a chimney.

\Withe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Withed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Withing}.]
To bind or fasten with withes.
      You shall see him withed, and haltered, and staked, and
      baited to death.                         --Bp. Hall.