- water witch
- noun Date: 1817 one who dowses for water • water witching noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
water witch
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Water witch — Wa ter witch (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The dabchick. (b) The stormy petrel. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
water witch — n. ☆ 1. a person who professes to have the power to find underground water with a divining rod; dowser ☆ 2. any of various diving birds, as certain grebes … English World dictionary
water-witch — /waw teuhr wich , wot euhr /, v.i. to practice water witching; work as a water witch. * * * … Universalium
water-witch — /waw teuhr wich , wot euhr /, v.i. to practice water witching; work as a water witch … Useful english dictionary
Water Witch (Novel) — Infobox Book | name = Water Witch image caption = Cover of the Ace Books paperback edition author = Connie Willis and Cynthia Felice genre = Science Fiction publisher = Ace Books pub date = January 1982 media type = Print (Paperback) pages = isbn … Wikipedia
Water Witch incident — ▪ South American history (1855), brief military skirmish near the Paraguayan Ft. Itapirú, involving the USS “Water Witch,” commanded by Lt. Thomas J. Page, and Paraguayan troops who fired as the vessel was exploring the Paraná River, in… … Universalium
water witch — wa′ter witch (or witch er) n. a person skilled at water witching; dowser • Etymology: 1810–20, amer … From formal English to slang
water witch — 1. Also, water witcher. a person skilled at water witching; dowser. 2. a witch believed to haunt lakes, ponds, etc. [1810 20, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
water-witch — wa′ter witch v. i. cvb to practice water witching … From formal English to slang
water witch — (also water witcher) noun US a water diviner. Derivatives water witching noun … English new terms dictionary
