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withywind

A form of withwind — A kind of bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).

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Meanings

nounwithywind (plural withywinds)

plural withywinds

alternativeAlternative form of withwind.
lf you've got a bad withywind patch then you've got a bare patch in a few years.
2006, Tony Anderson, Life on the levels: voices from a working world, page 104
2 more examples
The reddleman suffered the wound and went on: “He is a man who notices the looks of women, and you could twist him to your will like withywind, if you only had the mind.”
1878, Thomas Hardy, Return of the Native
The snow-white withywind just blows, and dies, Nor does the lily boast much longer life; But flower-gentles, clad in holy hue, Do everlastingly that hue preserve.
2009, Roger Lonsdale, The New Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century Verse, →ISBN, page 265

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APA

withywind. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/withywind

MLA

“withywind.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/withywind. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “withywind,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/withywind.

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