withe

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A tough supple twig, especially of willow, used for binding things together; a withy.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun In the West Indies, a liana; the stem of any vine used as a rope, and hence the vine itself.
• To bind with withes or twigs.
• noun A tough flexible twig, especially of willow, used for binding things together; a willow-or osier-twig.
• noun An elastic handle for a cold-chisel, fuller, or the like, which deadens the shock to the workman's hand.
• noun An iron fitted to the end of a boom or mast, and having a ring through which another boom or mast is rigged or secured; a boom-iron.
• noun A wall dividing two flues in a stack of chimneys.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• transitive verb To bind or fasten with withes.
• noun A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy.
• noun A band consisting of a twig twisted.
• noun (Naut.) 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.
• noun (Arch.) A partition between flues in a chimney.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.
• verb To bind with withes.
• verb To beat with withes.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun band or rope made of twisted twigs or stems
• noun strong flexible twig