| witch | 1. One who practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as possessing supernatural or magical power by compact with an evil spirit, especially. With the Devil; a sorcerer or sorceress; now applied chiefly or only to women, but formerly used of men as well. "There was a man in that city whose name was Simon, a witch." (Wyclif (Acts viii. 9)) "He can not abide the old woman of Brentford; he swears she's a witch." (Shak) 2. An ugly old woman; a hag. 3. 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. 4. <geometry> A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera. 5. <zoology> The stormy petrel. Witch balls, a name applied to the interwoven rolling masses of the stems of herbs, which are driven by the winds over the steppes of Tartary. Cf. Tumbleweed. 6. <botany> Witches' besoms, vegetable sulphur. See Vegetable. Origin: OE. Wicche, AS. Wicce, fem, wicca, masc.; perhaps the same word as AS. Witiga, witga, a soothsayer (cf. Wiseacre); cf. Fries. Wikke, a witch, LG. Wikken to predict, Icel. Vitki a wizard, vitka to bewitch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| witch hazel | <botany> A genus of plants which includes the witch-hazel (Hamamelis Virginica), a preparation of which is used medicinally. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A kind of medlar or service tree; at the same time + an apple, any tree fruit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| witch's milk | A secretion of colostrum-like milk sometimes occurring in the glands of newborn infants of either sex 3 to 4 days after birth and lasting a week or two; due to endocrine stimulation from the mother before birth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| witch-elm | <botany> See Wych-elm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| witch-hazel | <botany> The wych-elm. An American shrub or small tree (Hamamelis Virginica), which blossoms late in autumn. See: Wych-elm, and Hazel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| witch-tree | <botany> The witch-hazel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| witchcraft | An act of employing sorcery (the use of power gained from the assistance or control of spirits), especially with malevolent intent, and the exercise of supernatural powers and alleged intercourse with the devil or a familiar. (12 Dec 1998) |
| witchery | 1. Sorcery; enchantment; witchcraft. "Great Comus, Deep skilled in all his mother's witcheries." (Milton) "A woman infamous . . . For witcheries." (Sir W. Scott) 2. Fascination; irresistible influence; enchantment. "He never felt The witchery of the soft blue sky." (Wordsworth) "The dear, dear witchery of song." (Bryant) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| witchuck | <zoology> The sand martin, or bank swallow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water witch | <zoology> The dabchick. The stormy petrel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| witch hazel |
any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Hamamelis; bark yields an astringent lotion lotion consisting of an astringent alcoholic solution containing an extract from the witch hazel plant
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an astringent derived from the twigs of the Hamamelis virginiana plant.
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An aromatic medicinal scent, not unpleasant, reminiscent of vermouth.
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| witch hazel |
obtained from the leaves and bark of the plant, used in EnTheos products as an emulsifier
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Witch Hazel is an herb that makes a wonderful, cooling astringent and toner for the skin. It is made by steeping witch hazel herb leaves and/or roots in hot water or oil to create an infusion that can then be used in creams, lotions and moisturizing gels.
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| witch | a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil |
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| witch | a female sorcerer or magician |
| witch | an ugly evil-looking old woman |
| witch | cast a spell over someone or something |
| witch | any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color |
| witch | an abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance |
| witch | someone who is believed to heal through magical powers |
| witch | Eurasian elm often planted as a shade tree |
| witch | European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes |
| witch | North American grass with slender brushy panicles |
| witch | lotion consisting of an astringent alcoholic solution containing an extract from the witch hazel plant |
| witch | any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Hamamelis |
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