Vocabulary : Withe to Withe-rod

Withe : A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy. ;; A band consisting of a twig twisted. ;; 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. ;; A partition between flues in a chimney. ;; To bind or fasten with withes.
Withed : of Withe
Wither : To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry or shrivel up. ;; To lose or want animal moisture; to waste; to pin/ away, as animal bodies. ;; To lose vigor or power; to languish; to pass away. ;; To cause to fade, and become dry. ;; To cause to shrink, wrinkle, or decay, for want of animal moisture. ;; To cause to languish, perish, or pass away; to blight; as, a reputation withered by calumny.
Witherband : A piece of iron in a saddle near a horse's withers, to strengthen the bow.
Withered : of Wither ;; Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away.

Withering : of Wither ;; Tending to wither; causing to shrink or fade.
Witherite : Barium carbonate occurring in white or gray six-sided twin crystals, and also in columnar or granular masses.
Witherling : A withered person; one who is decrepit.
Withernam : A second or reciprocal distress of other goods in lieu of goods which were taken by a first distress and have been eloigned; a taking by way of reprisal; -- chiefly used in the expression capias in withernam, which is the name of a writ used in connection with the action of replevin (sometimes called a writ of reprisal), which issues to a defendant in replevin when he has obtained judgment for a return of the chattels replevied, and fails to obtain them on the writ of return.
Withe-rod : A North American shrub (Viburnum nudum) whose tough osierlike shoots are sometimes used for binding sheaves.

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