† ˈwithbind Obs. rare.
Forms: 1 weoþobend, 4 weþebond, withbinde.
[OE. *wiþobend, weoþobend (cf. OLG. widebinde ‘ligustrum’), f. wiþ- in withe + bend bend n.1 (Cf. bindwith, bendwith.)]
A name for certain plants having pliant stems.
| c 1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 312 Nim þas wyrte, safenan & mersc mealwan..& weoþobend. 1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. vi. 9 He bar a bordun I-bounde wiþ a brod lyste, In A weþe⁓bondes [v.r. wodebyndes] wyse I-wriþen aboute. [1551: see weedbind.] 1648–58 Hexham, Mondt-hout,..Privet, Prime-print, or White-withbinde. |