Witch

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The stormy petrel.

II. Witch ·noun An ugly old woman; a hag.

III. Witch ·noun A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.

IV. Witch ·noun A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper.

V. Witch ·vt To Bewitch; to Fascinate; to Enchant.

VI. Witch ·noun 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.

VII. Witch ·noun 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.

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