·noun A charm or fetich.
II. Obi ·add. ·noun A sash, ·esp. the long broad sash of soft material worn by women.
III. Obi ·noun A species of sorcery, probably of African origin, practiced among the negroes of the West Indies.
A horrible sorcery practised among the negroes in the West Indies, the infliction of which by a thre...
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