Word Meanings - PHITONESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Pythoness; witch.
Related words: (words related to PHITONESS)
- WITCH-ELM
See WYCH-ELM - WITCH
A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera. (more info) the same word as AS. witiga, witga, a soothsayer ; cf. Fries. wikke, a witch, LG. wikken to predict, Icel. vitki a wizard, 1. One who practices - WITCHING
That witches or enchants; suited to enchantment or witchcraft; bewitching. "The very witching time of night." Shak. -- Witch"ing*ly, adv. - WITCHCRAFT
1. The practices or art of witches; sorcery; enchantments; intercourse with evil spirits. 2. Power more than natural; irresistible influence. He hath a witchcraft Over the king in 's tongue. Shak. - PYTHONESS
The priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi in Greece. 2. Any woman supposed to have a spirit of divination; a sort of witch. Bp. Hall. - WITCH-TREE
The witch-hazel. - WITCHERY
1. Sorcery; enchantment; witchcraft. Great Comus, Deep skilled in all his mother's witcheries. Milton. A woman infamous . . . for witcheries. Sir W. Scott. 2. Fascination; irresistible influence; enchantment. He never felt The witchery of the soft - WITCH-HAZEL
The wych-elm. An American shrub or small tree , which blossoms late in autumn. - WITCHUCK
The sand martin, or bank swallow. - UNWITCH
To free from a witch or witches; to fee from witchcraft. B. Jonson. - POINT SWITCH
A switch made up of a rail from each track, both rails being tapered far back and connected to throw alongside the through rail of either track. - SPLIT SWITCH
= Point switch. - BEWITCHING
Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming. -- Be*witch"ing*ly, adv. -- Be*witch"ing*ness, n. - BEWITCHERY
The power of bewitching or fascinating; bewitchment; charm; fascination. There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. South. - WATER WITCH
The dabchick. The stormy petrel. - SWITCHY
Whisking. Coombe. - TWITCH
To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of grapes. Thrice they twitched the diamond in her ear. Pope. (more info) - SWITCHEL
A beverage of molasses and water, seasoned with vinegar and ginger. - KNIFE SWITCH
A switch consisting of one or more knifelike pieces hinged at one end and making contact near the other with flat gripping springs. - COWITCH
See COWHAGE - BEWITCHEDNESS
The state of being bewitched. Gauden. - UNBEWITCH
To free from a spell; to disenchant. South. - UNDERLOAD SWITCH
A switch which opens a circuit when the current falls below a certain predetermined value, used to protect certain types of motors from running at excessive speed upon decrease of load. - BEWITCHMENT
1. The act of bewitching, or the state of being bewitched. Tylor. 2. The power of bewitching or charming. Shak.