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.