Witch vs. Crone

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

Cronenoun

(archaic) An old woman.

Cronenoun

An archetypal figure, a Wise Woman.

Cronenoun

An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag.

Cronenoun

(obsolete) An old ewe.

Cronenoun

(obsolete) An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.

Cronenoun

An old ewe.

Cronenoun

An old woman; - usually in contempt.

Cronenoun

An old man; especially, a man who talks and acts like an old woman.

Cronenoun

an ugly evil-looking old woman

Crone

In folklore, a crone is an old woman who may be disagreeable, malicious, or sinister in manner, often with magical or supernatural associations that can make her either helpful or obstructing. The Crone is also an archetypal figure, a Wise Woman.