WITCH
ADJECTIVES
1700 — HAGGED witch-like → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
NOUNS
1584 — HAGGING the meeting of hags or witches → obs.
1658 — COVEN a group of witches which meets regularly → orig. Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
1023 — WALKYRIE a witch, a sorceress → obs.
1382 — LAMIA a fabulous monster supposed to have the body of woman and to prey upon human beings and suck the blood of children; also, a witch, a she-demon
1393 — PYTHONESS a woman believed to be possessed by a spirit and to be able to foresee the future; a female soothsayer; a witch
1528 — CARLIN — CARLINE — CARLING a witch or one charged with being such → chiefly Sc.
1535 — GYRE-CARLINE a witch, a hag; the mother-witch → Sc.
1583 — SAGA a witch
1586 — BELDAM — BELDAME a loathsome old woman; a hag; a witch; a furious raging woman, a virago
1587 — HAG a woman supposed to have dealings with Satan and the infernal world; a witch; an infernally wicked woman
1589 — SIBYL a prophetess; a fortune-teller, a witch
..L16— HECATE a hag, a witch
1616 — CUNNING WOMAN a fortune-teller, a conjuror, a witch → obs.
1645 — BLACK WITCH a witch who practices black magic; one who uses witchcraft for malicious purposes
1651 — VENEFIC one who practises poisoning as a secret art; a sorcerer or sorceress; a wizard or witch → obs.
1658 — HAGGARD a hag, a witch → obs.
1664 — BESOM-RIDER a witch, from the popular notion that they rode on broomsticks
1721 — CARLEY an old woman; a hag, a shrew; a witch → Ireland
1773 — SPAE WIFE a woman who it is supposed can tell fortunes or foretell events; a female fortune-teller; a witch → Sc.
..L18 — FLY-BY-NIGHT a witch → sl.
1806 — WITCH-CARLIN — WITCH-CARLING a witch → Sc. obs.
1808 — WISE WOMAN a witch; a sorceress; a fortune teller
1808 — WISE-WIFE a witch; a female fortune-teller; a woman who deals in astrology, charms, etc. → Sc.
1821 — GALDRAGON a sorceress, a witch → Sc. obs.
1821 — WITCH-WIFE a witch → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1827 — LUCKY a witch, a sorceress → Sc. obs.
1840 — WILD LADY a witch → Eng. dial.
.M19— HEX a witch; a woman resembling a witch
1871 — MOLOI a practitioner of magic; a wizard, a witch → S. Afr.
1890 — ELL-WOMAN a wise woman; a witch → Sc.
1891 — MOTHER OF THE MAWKINS a witch, hag, or uncanny old woman → obs. (Bk.)
1894 — HAG SPIRIT a witch; the evil spirit of a dead person, sometimes supposed to cause nightmares → Amer. dial., esp. African-American
1894 — HEX a witch; a mean or witch-like woman, esp. a woman → Amer. dial.
1898 — BO-WOMAN an ugly old person; a witch → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1899 — WITCH-WOMAN a witch → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1938 — BOO-HAG a witch, the dead spirit of a dead person, sometimes supposed to cause nightmares → Amer. dial.
1940 — BRUJA — BRUJO a witch, a sorcerer; one who practices black magic → Amer. dial.
2002 — ZELDA a witch → UK sl.
WITCH – PERSON – OTHER
1661 — PRICKER a person who professed to discover if a woman was a witch by sticking pins into her → Sc.
VERBS
1787 — SCORE ABOVE THE BREATH to mark a supposed witch with a cut cross cut on the brow → Sc.
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