Beldam vs. Witch

Beldamnoun

Grandmother; - corresponding to belsire.

Beldamnoun

An old woman in general; especially, an ugly old woman; a hag.

Beldamnoun

an ugly evil-looking old woman

Beldamnoun

a woman of advanced age

Witchnoun

A person who practices witchcraft; a woman or man who practices witchcraft.

Witchnoun

(now usually particularly) A woman who is learned in and actively practices witchcraft.

Witchnoun

(derogatory) An ugly or unpleasant woman.

Witchnoun

One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person.

Witchnoun

One given to mischief, especially a woman or child.

Witchnoun

(geometry) A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.

Witchnoun

The stormy petrel.

Witchnoun

Any of a number of flatfish:

Witchnoun

Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Torbay sole), found in the North Atlantic.

Witchnoun

Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (megrim), found in the North Atlantic.

Witchnoun

Arnoglossus scapha, found near New Zealand.

Witchnoun

A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper.

Witchverb

To practise witchcraft.

Witchverb

To bewitch.

Witchverb

(transitive) To dowse for water.

Witchnoun

A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper.

Witchnoun

One who practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as possessing supernatural or magical power by compact with an evil spirit, esp. with the Devil; a sorcerer or sorceress; - now applied chiefly or only to women, but formerly used of men as well.

Witchnoun

An ugly old woman; a hag.

Witchnoun

One who exercises more than common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person; also, one given to mischief; - said especially of a woman or child.

Witchnoun

A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.

Witchnoun

The stormy petrel.

Witchnoun

A Wiccan; an adherent or practitioner of Wicca, a religion which in different forms may be paganistic and nature-oriented, or ditheistic. The term witch applies to both male and female adherents in this sense.

Witchverb

To bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant.

Witchnoun

a female sorcerer or magician

Witchnoun

a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil

Witchnoun

an ugly evil-looking old woman

Witchverb

cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something