witch
/wɪtʃ/
noun
- 1
A person who practices witchcraft; a woman or man who practices witchcraft.
- 2
An ugly or unpleasant woman.
“I hate that old witch.”
- 3
One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person.
- 4
One given to mischief, especially a woman or child.
- 5
A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.
- 6
The stormy petrel.
- 7
Any of a number of flatfish:
- 8
The Indomalayan butterfly Araotes lapithis, of the family Lycaenidae.
verb
- 1
To practise witchcraft.
- 2
To bewitch.
- 3
To dowse for water.
noun
- 1
A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper.
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