CHARM (incantation)
NOUNS
► ABRACADABRA an instance or utterance of the magical word ‘abracadabra’, supposed to act as a charm against illness, evil, etc., or to assist in the performance of magic; a spell, incantation, amulet, etc., which incorporates or makes use of this word; (more generally) any magical spell or incantation → 1565
► BLACK HAND a charm, a witchcraft spell → 1928 Amer. dial.
► CANTATION magical charm, incantation → 1656
► CANTION a charm, an incantation → 1656 obs.
► CANTRIP a charm or spell of necromancy or witchcraft; a witch’s trick or mischievous device → 1719
► CARMINATION charm, incantation → 1620 obs.
► GALDER a charm or incantation → c1000 obs.
► GRIS-GRIS a charm, jinx, spell, or magic force → 1763 Amer. dial.
► JUJU an object of any kind superstitiously venerated by West African native peoples, and used as a charm, amulet, or means of protection; also, the supernatural or magical power attributed to such objects → 1894
► JYNX a charm or spell → 1693
► MOJO a charm; magic; magical power; broadly, power or influence of any kind → 1926 Amer. sl.
► MOOJOO a charm, amulet, or spell; magic → 1938 Amer. dial., orig. chiefly African-American usage
► SIGALDER a charm or incantation → c1000 obs.
► VERDIE a charm, a superstition; a spoken formula or ritual action which is supposed to bring luck → 1879 Sc.
► VIRTUE a charm; a supernatural quality → 1898 Eng. dial.
► WANG ► WANGA ► WONGAH in the practice of voodoo: a magical charm or spell → 1851 Amer. dial.
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