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• Old Witch Boneyleg —   Author(s) Ruth Manning Sanders Illustrator …   Wikipedia

• old witch grass — noun North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land • Syn: ↑witchgrass, ↑witch grass, ↑old witchgrass, ↑tumble grass, ↑Panicum capillare • Hypernyms: ↑panic grass …   Useful english dictionary

• The Old Witch — is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in More English Fairy Tales . [Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales , [http://www.sacred texts.com/neu/eng/meft/meft22.htm The Old Witch ] ] Ruth Manning Sanders included it in A Book of… …   Wikipedia

• witch —    There is a big difference in modern usage between ‘you witch’, said to a young woman, and ‘you old witch’ said to an older woman. The former term is complimentary, meaning that the person concerned is bewitching in appearance. The latter term… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• Witch doctor — For other uses, see Witch doctor (disambiguation). Two Lassa witch doctors A witch doctor originally referred to a type of healer who treated ailments believed to be caused by witchcraft. It is currently used to refer to healers in some third… …   Wikipedia

• witch grass — noun 1. European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed • Syn: ↑dog grass, ↑couch grass, ↑quackgrass, ↑quack grass, ↑quick grass, ↑witchgrass, ↑Agropyron repens …   Useful english dictionary

• witch — witchhood, n. witchlike, adj. /wich/, n. 1. a person, now esp. a woman, who professes or is supposed to practice magic, esp. black magic or the black art; sorceress. Cf. warlock. 2. an ugly or mean old woman; hag: the old witch who used to own… …   Universalium

• old witchgrass — noun North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land • Syn: ↑witchgrass, ↑witch grass, ↑old witch grass, ↑tumble grass, ↑Panicum capillare • Hypernyms: ↑panic grass * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• witch — noun 1) the witch cast a spell Syn: sorceress, enchantress, necromancer; Wiccan; archaic pythoness 2) informal she s a nasty old witch Syn: hag, crone, harpy, harridan, she devil; informal battle ax …   Thesaurus of popular words

• witch — noun 1) the witch cast a spell Syn: sorceress, enchantress, hex, Wiccan 2) informal she s a right old witch Syn: hag, crone, harpy, harridan, she devil; informal battleaxe …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• witch — 1. noun /wɪtʃ/ a) A man who practises witchcraft. And som of hem lough [Merlin] to scorne, as kyng Lot, and mo other called hym a wytche. b) A woman who is learned in and actively practices witchcraft. I hate that old witch. Syn …   Wiktionary