witch

witch

noun

witch

verb

{bc}to affect injuriously with {a_link|witchcraft}

witch doctor

noun

{bc}a professional worker of magic usually in a primitive society who often works to cure sickness

witch ha*zel

noun

{bc}any of a genus ({it}Hamamelis{/it} of the family Hamamelidaceae, the witch-hazel family) of shrubs or small trees with slender-petaled usually yellow flowers borne in late fall or early spring

witch hunt

noun

{bc}a searching out for persecution of persons accused of witchcraft

witch of Agne*si

noun phrase

{bc}a plane cubic curve that is symmetric about the y-axis and approaches the x-axis as an asymptote and that has the equation {it}x{/it}{sup}2{/sup}{it}y{/it} = 4{it}a{/it}{sup}2{/sup}(2{it}a{/it} u2212 {it}y{/it})

water witch

noun

{bc}one who dowses for water

water witch*er

noun

{bc}{sx|water witch||}