sprig vs withy

sprig

noun
  • An ornament resembling a small shoot or twig. 

  • A youth; a lad. 

  • A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray. 

  • One of the separate pieces of lace fastened on a ground in applique lace. 

  • A brad, or nail without a head. 

  • A house sparrow. 

  • A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point. 

verb
  • To decorate with sprigs, or with representations of sprigs, as in embroidery or pottery. 

withy

noun
  • A long flexible twig of the osier; a withe. 

  • The osier (Salix viminalis), a type of willow. 

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