witch
Speech parts
1. witch - Noun
2. witch - Verb
Meaning
The stormy petrel.
A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper.
One who practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as possessing supernatural or magical power by compact with an evil spirit, esp. with the Devil; a sorcerer or sorceress; -- now applied chiefly or only to women, but formerly used of men as well.
An ugly old woman; a hag.
One who exercises more than common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person; also, one given to mischief; -- said especially of a woman or child.
A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.
To bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant.
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I'm not unmindful of man's seeming need for faith; I'm for anything that gets you through the night, be it prayer, tranquilizers, or a bottle of Jack Daniel's. But to me religion is a deeply personal thing in which man and God go it alone together, without the witch doctor in the middle.
When she listened to songs that she loved on the radio, something stirred inside her. A liquid ache spread under her skin, and she walked out of the world like a witch.
A witch is a person who hath conference with the Devil to consult with him or to do some act.
A hairy man's a geary man, but a hairy wife's a witch.
They that burn you for a witch lose all their coals.
Witch doctors do not sell their potions to each other.