witch
IPA: wˈɪtʃ
noun
- A person who practices witchcraft.
- (now usually particularly) A woman who is learned in and actively practices witchcraft.
- (figurative, derogatory) An ugly or unpleasant woman.
- One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person.
- One given to mischief, especially a woman or child.
- (geometry) A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.
- The storm petrel.
- Any of a number of flatfish:
- Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Torbay sole), found in the North Atlantic.
- Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (megrim), found in the North Atlantic.
- Arnoglossus scapha, found near New Zealand.
- The Indomalayan butterfly Araotes lapithis, of the family Lycaenidae.
- A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper.
verb
- (intransitive) To dowse for water.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To practise witchcraft.
- (transitive) To bewitch.
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