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Witch
Witchcraft or witchery broadly means the practice of and belief in magical skills and abilities exercised by solitary practitioners and groups. Witchcraft is a broad term that varies culturally and societally, and thus can be difficult to define with precision, and cross-cultural assumptions about the meaning or significance of the term should be applied with caution. Witchcraft often occupies a religious divinatory or medicinal role, and is often present within societies and groups whose cultural framework includes a magical world view.
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Witch (noun)
A person who practices witchcraft; a woman or man who practices witchcraft.
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Witch (noun)
An ugly or unpleasant woman.
“I hate that old witch.”
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Witch (noun)
One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person.
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Witch (noun)
One given to mischief, especially a woman or child.
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Witch (noun)
A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.
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Witch (noun)
The stormy petrel.
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Witch (noun)
Any of a number of flatfish:
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Witch (noun)
A woman who is learned in and actively practices witchcraft.
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Witch (noun)
(Torbay sole), found in the North Atlantic.
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Witch (noun)
(megrim), found in the North Atlantic.
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Witch (noun)
A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper.
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Witch (verb)
To practise witchcraft.
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Witch (verb)
To bewitch.
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Witch (verb)
To dowse for water.
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Mage (noun)
A magician, wizard or sorcerer.
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Mage (noun)
a magician or learned person.