Withe

(wĭth) (Synop., § 130), n. [A-S. widhig, widhige, widhie, widhdhe, a withy; willow, twisted rod, Icel. viðir, viðhir, willow, viðia, a withe, bond; Dan. vidie, vider, vidder, vier, Sw. vide, vidja, D. wede, O. H. Ger. wida, M. H. Ger. wide, L. Ger. wied, N. H. Ger. weide, willow, L. Ger. wede, wiede, wide, osier; Gr. ἰτέα, originally with digamma, ϝ ἰτέα, a willow.] [Written also with.]

1. A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow twig; a withy.
2. A band consisting of a twig or twigs twisted.
3. (Naut.) An iron instrument fitted on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring to it, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured. Dana.