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withum, ~a [ME withi, cf. ME widde] 1 pliable twig (esp. of willow), withy, rope made of such twigs twisted together. 1326 in virg' et wyth' empt. pro steyryng per vices Sacr. Ely II 59; 1365 in wythis et shakelis emptis ‥ pro herciis j d. (Lincs) DL MinAc 242/3888 m. 2. 2 (Sc.) measure of iron (perh. as bound with a withe), ‘widdy’ (cf. torques 2b; cf. et. garba 4). 1478 de x li. xx withis ferri de firmis terrarum de Duchray de eisdem terminis. summa hujus oneris l li. xx widdis ferri ExchScot 533; 1481 onerat se in primis de ‥ x widdyis ferri per arreragia ultimi compoti sui Ib. 113; 1481 Westir Duchra ‥ inde pecunia iij li. vj s. viij d. cum parte de xx wethis ferris Ib. 596; 1484 de x li. xx wethyis ferri de firmis terrarum de D. Ib. 239; 1490 de x li. xx widdis ferri de firmis de D. Ib..

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