"withy" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1693, “Of the Embrasures or Merlons”, in Abel Swall, transl., The New Method of Fortification, as Practised by Monsieur de Vauban, Engineer General of France. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Abell Swall; […], →OCLC, book IV, page 75:",
          "text": "The Merlons, to the end that they may be good, ought to be made of Earth, the most eaſie to be tempered that may be: And this Earth ought alſo to be mixed with Withy Twigs, or Brambles, provided they take Root, after which they are to be lined with good Turff.",
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          "ref": "2018, Madeline Miller, Circe, Little, Brown and Company, page 285:",
          "text": "I would work at my spells from dawn until dusk, dig up roots and forget to eat, harvest the withy stems and weave baskets till they piled to the ceiling.",
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        "Flexible, like a withe."
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        "(archaic) Flexible, like a withe."
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      "ipa": "/ˈwɪð.i/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈwɪθ.i/"
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      "rhymes": "-ɪði"
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          "_dis": "5 84 11",
          "kind": "lifeform",
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          "name": "Willows and poplars",
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        "An osier (Salix viminalis), a type of willow."
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        "A long flexible twig of the osier; a withe."
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          "text": "The Merlons, to the end that they may be good, ought to be made of Earth, the most eaſie to be tempered that may be: And this Earth ought alſo to be mixed with Withy Twigs, or Brambles, provided they take Root, after which they are to be lined with good Turff.",
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        "Flexible, like a withe."
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        "(archaic) Flexible, like a withe."
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      "ipa": "/ˈwɪð.i/"
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