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111witch hazel — (also wych hazel) ► NOUN 1) a shrub with fragrant yellow or orange flowers. 2) an astringent lotion made from the bark and leaves of this plant. ORIGIN for wych, see WYCH ELM(Cf. ↑W) …
112witch-hunt — ► NOUN ▪ a campaign directed against a person or group holding views considered unorthodox or a threat to society …
113witch doctor — n. in certain primitive societies, a person supposed to have the power of curing disease, warding off evil, etc. through the use of sorcery, incantations, etc …
114witch elm — n. var. of WYCH ELM …
115witch grass — ☆ witch grass n. [altered < QUITCH grass] a common, weedy North American grass (Panicum capillare) having hairy foliage and a large, dome shaped panicle of small spikelets …
116witch moth — n. any of several noctuid moths (genus Erebus) of the S U.S., South America, and the West Indies …
117witch|es'-be|som — «WIHCH ihz BEE zuhm», noun. = witches broom. (Cf. ↑witches broom) …
118witch|es'-broom — «WIHCH ihz BROOM, BRUM», noun. 1. an abnormal growth on trees and shrubs, especially conifers, consisting of a dense mass of small, thin branches, caused chiefly by various fungi; hexenbesen. 2. a similar growth on the potato, caused by a virus …
119witch|weed — «WIHCH WEED», noun, plural weeds or (collectively) weed. a small weed of Africa and the United States belonging to the figwort family. It lives as a parasite on roots of corn and other grains …
120Witch trials in the Early Modern period — Punishments for witchcraft in 16th century Germany. Woodcut from Tengler s Laienspiegel, Mainz, 1508. The Witch trials in the Early Modern period were a period of witch hunts between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries,[1] when across Early… …
