witch
21Witch — A practitioner of witchcraft. Also able to become invisible and fly on a broom. A witch usually doesn t cry, and if she does, she sheds no more than three tears. She also must count things. If she sees a broom, she must count the straws, she… …
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22witch — I. noun Etymology: Middle English wicche, from Old English wicca, masculine, wizard & wicce, feminine, witch; akin to Middle High German wicken to bewitch, Old English wigle divination, and perhaps to Old High German wīh holy more at victim Date …
23Witch — Recorded in a very wide range of spellings including Weech, Week, Weeke, Weekes, Wich, Wych, Weetch, Wick, Wickes, Wicks, Wix, Wike, Witch, Wykes, and Whick, this is an English surname. Its relative popularity is because it is either a… …
24witch — Gullah Words witch, witches witch Gullah Words bewitch, bewitches, bewitched, bewitching …
25witch — [OE] The close Germanic relatives of witch have died out, but it seems that it may be related to German weihen ‘consecrate’ and even, distantly, to English victim (etymologically ‘someone killed in a religious ritual’), so the word’s underlying… …
26witch — [[t]wɪ̱tʃ[/t]] witches 1) N COUNT In fairy stories, a witch is a woman, usually an old woman, who has evil magic powers. Witches often wear a pointed black hat, and have a pet black cat. 2) N COUNT A witch is a man or woman who claims to have… …
27witch — noun 1) the witch cast a spell Syn: sorceress, enchantress, necromancer; Wiccan; archaic pythoness 2) informal she s a nasty old witch Syn: hag, crone, harpy, harridan, she devil; informal battle ax …
28witch — noun 1) the witch cast a spell Syn: sorceress, enchantress, hex, Wiccan 2) informal she s a right old witch Syn: hag, crone, harpy, harridan, she devil; informal battleaxe …
29witch */ — UK [wɪtʃ] / US noun [countable] Word forms witch : singular witch plural witches 1) a) a woman in stories who has magic powers. A man with magic powers is usually called a wizard. b) a real woman who claims that she has magic powers 2) an… …
30witch — [OE] The close Germanic relatives of witch have died out, but it seems that it may be related to German weihen ‘consecrate’ and even, distantly, to English victim (etymologically ‘someone killed in a religious ritual’), so the word’s underlying… …
