rare. Also -ey. [f. WITHE sb. + -Y1.] Resembling a withe or withy in flexibility.
1598. Florio, Vencido, tractable, yeeldinge,… plyable, withie.
1756. P. Browne, Jamaica, 244. A strong withey shrub.
1822. W. Irving, Braceb. Hall, xxxvii. (1845), 229. The long withy ends of the branches.
