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withing Lumbering, Hist. 
n. the process of lashing the pieces of a lumber raft together with specially made withes.
See also: withe ((n.))
- 1963 When a bottom was completed the next step was "withing" ; each piece of timber in the "bottom" and the traverse as it passed above it were tied together by a withe (a small white birch sapling softened between power-rollers) twisted up tight by a lever or "toggle."
- 1963 When a bottom was completed the next step was "withing" ; each piece of timber in the "bottom" and the traverse as it passed above it were tied together by a withe (a small white birch sapling softened between power-rollers) twisted up tight by a lever or "toggle."