withy

[with -ee, with-ee] /ˈwɪð i, ˈwɪθ i/
noun, plural withies.
1.
a willow.
2.
a pliable branch or twig, especially a withe.
3.
a band, loop, halter, or rope of slender twigs; widdy.
adjective, withier, withiest.
4.
made of pliable branches or twigs, especially of withes.
5.
flexible; pliable.
Origin
before 1000; Middle English; Old English wīthig; akin to withe, Old Norse vīthir, Old High German wīda, Greek ītéa willow, Latin vītis vine
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British Dictionary definitions for withy

withy

/ˈwɪðɪ/
noun (pl) withies
1.
a variant spelling of withe (sense 1), withe (sense 2)
2.
a willow tree, esp an osier
adjective
3.
(of people) tough and agile
4.
(rare) resembling a withe in strength or flexibility
Word Origin
Old English wīdig(e); related to Old Norse vīthir, Old High German wīda, Latin vītis vine, Sanskrit vītika fetter. See withe, wire
Word Origin and History for withy
n.

Old English wiðig "willow, willow twig," from Proto-Germanic *withjon- "willow" (cf. Old Norse viðir, Danish vidje, Old High German wida, German Weide "willow"), from PIE *wei-ti-, suffixed form of root *wei- "to bend, twist" (cf. Avestan vaeiti- "osier," Greek itea "willow," Latin vitis "vine," Lithuanian vytis "willow twig," Polish witwa, Welsh gwden "willow," Russian vitvina "branch, bough").