WITCHCRAFT
ADJECTIVES
1584 — VENEFICAL practising or associated with malignant sorcery or witchcraft → obs.
1646 — VENEFICIOUS practising or associated with malignant sorcery or witchcraft
1656 — FASCINOUS caused or acting by witchcraft or enchantment → obs.
1657 — VENEFICOUS practising or associated with malignant sorcery or witchcraft
1658 — VENEFICIAL practising or associated with malignant sorcery or witchcraft → obs.
1684 — MALEFICIOUS of the nature of witchcraft → obs.
NOUNS
1000 — CRAFT magic; witchcraft; sorcery → obs.
1400 — JUGGLERY pretended magic or witchcraft; conjuring, legerdemain
1678 — TAKE a spell of magic or witchcraft; enchantment → obs.
1710 — OBEAH sorcery, witchcraft, or folk medicine as practised especially in the English-speaking areas of the Caribbean
1719 — CANTRIP a spell or charm of necromancy or witchcraft; a witch’s trick or mischievous device
1721 — MALEFICE — MALIFICE a bad action; the act or effect of witchcraft → Sc. obs.
1830 — LYCANTHROPY the kind of witchcraft which was supposed to consist in the assumption by human beings of the form and nature of wolves
1852 — CAN supernatural power, witchcraft → Sc. obs.
1871 — HEXEREI witchcraft, magic → Amer. dial.
1928 — BLACK HAND a witchcraft spell, a charm → Amer. dial.
1951 — BEWITCHNESS witchcraft → Amer. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
1749 — OBEAH-MAN a man who practices obeah or Obi (a kind of pretended sorcery or witchcraft practised by the Blacks in Africa); a Black sorcerer
1793 — OBEAH-WOMAN a woman who practices obeah or Obi (a kind of pretended sorcery or witchcraft practised by the Blacks in Africa); a Black sorceress
1923 — WOOD DOCTOR a practitioner of witchcraft → Amer. dial.
1947 — GOOMER DOCTOR a practitioner of witchcraft → Amer. dial.
VERBS
1000 — SHOOT to injure or kill by witchcraft
1641 — FASCINATE to cast a spell over a person, animal, etc., by a look; said esp. of serpents → obs.
1826 — DRAW A SCORE to make a mark or sign, esp. of the cross, in order to defeat witchcraft → Sc.