Middle English Dictionary Entry
withing(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | withing(e ger. Also withthing, wething, (error) weryng. |
| Etymology | From withen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Twisting together, plaiting; joining together; ~ togeder; ~ and windinge;
(b) a leather-working and leather-softening process performed with a withy iron (twisted iron stake) or other implement;
(c) ~ balke, ?a beam for a scale [?error for *weiinge balke; cp. weiing(e ger. 1.(a)]; ?some sort of beam or construction incorporating withies.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)1041/31 : By weuyng and weryng [read: weþyng] togidere of trees ofte men kepeth and defendeþ hemselue from enemyes.
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)1042/20 : Some wythies…beeþ ymade strengere with wythyng [vrr. weþing, wythynge] and wyndyng [L per circumflexionem] as þreede is with twynyng.
b
- (1467) in Black Leathersellers34 : Item, that no manner person using or occupying the said Craft of Lethersillers…take nor set a-work to the same Craft…unto withthyng, paryng, polyng, diyng, cuttyng, poyntyng, nor pursyng.
c
- (1383-4) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100390 : Item, in uno Wethingbalk empt., 13 s. 4 d.; In uno bultclate empt., 3 d.