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Examples for "withy"
Examples for "withy"
1They are redwings and thrushes; every withy-bed is full of them.
2It is, however, the plantations of withy or osier that are most important.
3One would like to know whether the Willow-lad's powers perished with the withy-bed.
4I leaned mine against a hollow withy pollard, and called 'ready.'
5She had a fit of hysterics that twisted her like a withy round a faggot.
1To meet their views the crayfish catcher had cut a long willow withe.
2But, try as they might, not a withe could they break.
3He stretched the withe on the field, and began to put the corn in it.
4How he must rejoice at each new withe he fastens over the heart he covets.
5And withe the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.
6It coincides withe the New Zealand Apiculture Conference.
7Then the giant twisted a mighty sapling into a withe, and fastened it around his waist.
8The Ranger was tough as a hickory withe.
9Will Pauline Murray's love be only a green withe binding the Samson of these modern days.
10Instantly the withe broke, and it made a loud report, which echo answered from every rock far and near.
11She placed a withe between her teeth, bit through it neatly, and began to divide it with her fingers.
12Bowlders of flint are broken with a sledge-hammer made of a rounded pebble of hornstone set in a twisted withe.
13I once turned out a dozen water-hens, a brown owl, a woodcock, and a water-rail from one little withe patch.
14He was barbarously hanged in a withey (withe) calling on God, and forgiving his torturers with all his heart.
15His trophies were indeed worth taking, and tying their legs together with a withe he hung them across his saddle bow.
16Stones, with grooves around their greatest circumference, are secured to a handle by a withe or thong and become war clubs.