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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of withe.

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Examples

  • The young sprout was "withed" around near one end of the pole, then all hands put their shoulders under the long end and with an "altogether, heave, oh," draw up a tap root 4, 6 and 8 feet long.

    Walnut Growing in Oregon Jacob Calvin Cooper 1891

  • At the rear is a bare chamber furnished with a small stove, a deal table and a few hickory-withed chairs.

    A Pagan of the Hills Charles Neville Buck 1904

  • Now the Protestant family is like a bundle of refuse shingles, when withed up together, (which it never was and never will be to all etarnity) no great of a bundle arter all, you might take it up under one arm, and walk off with it without winkin.

    The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830

  • Now the Protestant family is like a bundle of refuse shingles, when withed up together (which it never was and never will be to all etarnity), no great of a bundle arter all; you might take it up under one arm, and walk off with it without winkin '.

    The Clockmaker Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830

  • Deerslayer was withed in bark sufficiently to create a lively sense of helplessness, he was literally carried to a young tree, and bound against it in a way that effectually prevented him from moving, as well as from falling.

    The Deerslayer James Fenimore Cooper 1820

  • "Let up, you painted riptyles -- let up!" cried Hurry, too hard pressed to be particular about the terms he used; "isn't it enough that I am withed like a saw-log that ye must choke too!"

    The Deerslayer James Fenimore Cooper 1820

  • The opening ceremony climax withed the Olympic cauldron being lit jointly by four Canadian sports heroes - all-time hockey great Wayne Gretzky, skier Nancy Greene, speedskater Katrina LeMay Doan and basketball All-Star Steve Nash.

    columbiatribune.com stories 2010

  • The opening ceremony climax withed the Olympic cauldron being lit jointly by four Canadian sports heroes - all-time hockey great Wayne Gretzky, skier Nancy Greene, speedskater Katrina LeMay Doan and basketball All-Star Steve Nash.

    columbiatribune.com stories 2010

  • Give an extender (traction device) a chance to take the curve out of your penis and give you that extra size you have always secretly withed for.

    recent posts - blip.tv (beta) 2009

  • Lathe of Heaven – Way back in the 70’s and early 80’s, PBS toyed withed the idea of doing a series of movies based on speculative/science fiction works.

    06 « May « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009

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