1. (n.) A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy.

2. (n.) A band consisting of a twig twisted.

3. (n.) 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.

4. (n.) A partition between flues in a chimney.

5. (v. t.) To bind or fasten with withes.