witch
/wɪtʃ/ · noun
Meaning
- A person who practices witchcraft; a woman or man who practices witchcraft.
- An ugly or unpleasant woman.
- One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person.
- One given to mischief, especially a woman or child.
- A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.
- The stormy petrel.
- To practise witchcraft.
- To bewitch.
- To dowse for water.
- A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper.
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