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Withe vs Mithe - What's the difference?

withe | mithe |

As verbs the difference between withe and mithe

is that withe is to bind with s while mithe is (obsolete) to avoid; shun; evade.

As a noun withe

is a flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.

withe

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.
  • * 1997': Perhaps indifferent to their social Rejection, he sets to work separating his Tree into Poles, Sticks, and '''Withes , and placing them wherever in the Structures of Dam or Lodge he feels they need to go. — Thomas Pynchon, ''Mason & Dixon
  • (nautical) 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.
  • (architecture) A partition between flues in a chimney.

    • Verb

    (with)
  • To bind with s.
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  • To beat with s.
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    • Anagrams

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    mithe

    English

    Verb

    (mith)
  • (obsolete) To avoid; shun; evade.
  • (obsolete) To escape the notice of.
  • (obsolete) To conceal; dissemble (feelings, etc.).
  • (obsolete) To remain concealed; escape notice; hide one's thoughts or feelings.

    • Derived terms

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