withywind Now dial.
(ˈwɪðɪwaɪnd)
[Alteration of withwind, after withy n.]
= withwind.
| 1578 Lyte Dodoens iii. lii. 391 Of smothe Bindweede, or Withiwinde. The great white Bindeweede or soft withiwinde. Ibid. liii. 393 Of blacke Withiwinde, or Bindeweede. 1591 Percivall Sp. Dict., Campanilla yerva, withie winde, Smilax. 1621 Burton Anat. Mel. iii. ii. iii. 610 Whiter Galat then the white withy-wind. 1658 tr. Porta's Nat. Magic iii. xix. 105 The seed of withy-winde being planted neer to Basil, [etc.]. 1825 Jennings Obs. Dial. W. Eng., Withy-wine, the plant bindweed. 1829 J. L. Knapp Jrnl. Nat. 114 The clematis, the ‘withy-wind’ of our peasantry. 1878 Hardy Ret. Native i. x, You could twist him to your will like withywind, if you only had the mind. |