Sentence example with the word 'withe'

withe

Definition n. band or rope made of twisted twigs or stems

Last update: July 26, 2015


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I amused myself one winter day with sliding this piecemeal across the pond, nearly half a mile, skating behind with one end of a log fifteen feet long on my shoulder, and the other on the ice; or I tied several logs together with a birch withe, and then, with a longer birch or alder which had a hook at the end, dragged them across.   [Please select]

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As soon as they were floating, the logs were withed together and moored in sections.   [Please select]

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We withed three others to mine, setting sail with two bits of driftwood for paddles.   [Please select]

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His trophies were indeed worth taking, and tying their legs together with a withe he hung them across his saddle bow.   [Please select]

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"Only as much of the corn when it shall be dry as I can carry with me in one burden-withe."   [Please select]

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He then went off to the wood, and in a short time returned, having in his hand a withe scraped and twisted.   [Please select]

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He stretched the withe on the field, and began to put the corn in it.   [Please select]

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He continued putting sheaf after sheaf in the withe until he had taken almost all the sheaves that were on the field.   [Please select]

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Thou Who hast ordained the three Marts, Let not my share go in one burden-withe.   [Please select]

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'" Instantly the withe broke, and it made a loud report, which echo answered from every rock far and near."'   [Please select]

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The bridle used consisted of a withe, one end of which was wrapped two or three times around the animal's lower jaw, while the other was held in the hand, forming but a single rein.   [Please select]

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