Witch-hazel | Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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witch-hazel
The popular name of the Hamamelis, so called from its reputed power of bending towards water, when a...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Hazel
·noun A miner's name for freestone. II. Hazel ·adj Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut. III....

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Hazel
Heb. luz, (Gen. 30:37), a nutbearing tree. The Hebrew word is rendered in the Vulgate by amygdalinus...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
hazel
n. name applied in Victoria to the tree Pomaderris apetala, Labill., N.O. Rhamnaceae. 1889. J. H. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
Hazel
The Hebrew term luz occurs only in (Genesis 30:37) Authorities are divided between the hazel and the...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Witch
·noun The stormy petrel. II. Witch ·noun An ugly old woman; a hag. III. Witch ·noun A certain curv...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Witch
Occurs only in Ex. 22:18, as the rendering of mekhashshepheh, the feminine form of the word, meaning...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
witch
a small candle to complete the pound. A make-weight. North. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Wych-hazel
·noun The wych-elm; — so called because its leaves are like those of the hazel. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
to hazel gild
To beat any one with a hazel stick. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Water witch
·- The stormy petrel. II. Water witch ·- The <<Dabchick>>. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Witch-elm
·noun ·see Wych-elm. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Witch-tree
·noun The witch-hazel. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
wibling's witch
The four of clubs: from one James Wibling, who in the reign of King James I. grew rich by private ga...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
he-witch
a wizard. Lane. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
witch-ridden
having the night-mare. North. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
kitty-witch
A small kind of crab on the east coast. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
water-witch
A name of the dipper. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Witch, Witchcrafts
[Divination; Magic, Magicians] ...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary