n. In the West Indies, a liana; the stem of any vine used as a rope, and hence the vine itself.n. A tough flexible twig, especially of willow, used for binding things together; a willow-or osier-twig.n. An elastic handle for a cold-chisel, fuller, or the like, which deadens the shock to the workman's hand.n. An iron fitted to the end of a boom or mast, and having a ring through which another boom or mast is rigged or secured; a boom-iron.n. A wall dividing two flues in a stack of chimneys.To bind with withes or twigs.