withing

Verb

withe (third-person singular simple present withes, present participle withing, simple past and past participle withed)

1. (transitive) To bind with withes.
   • As soon as the body of Deerslayer was withed in bark sufficiently to create a lively sense of helplessness, he was literally carried to a young tree, and bound against it, in a way that effectually prevented it from moving,1862, James Fenimore Cooper, The Deerslayer, page 341
2. (transitive) To beat with withes.
   • Question. Did you hear of the circumstances of William Davis having been whipped on the 5th day of December, the day before the cutting took place? Answer Yes, sir; I did that evening, when he came home. Q. Did you examine where he had been withed? A. Yes, sir.1888 June 30, Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia., “State v. Davis.”, in The Southeastern reporter, volume 7

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