Withe /(?; 277)/

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. 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. (Naut.)
4. A partition between flues in a chimney. (Arch.)

imp. & p. p. Withed; p. pr. & vb. n. Withing

1. To bind or fasten with withes.

   You shall see him withed, and haltered, and staked, and baited to death.