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What does witch mean?

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Noun
  1. A person who practices witchcraft; a woman or (archaic outside dialects and Wicca) man who practices witchcraft.
    1. (now usually particularly) A woman who is learned in and actively practices witchcraft.
  2. (derogatory) An ugly or unpleasant woman.
  3. One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person.
  4. One given to mischief, especially a woman or child.
  5. (geometry) A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.
  6. The stormy petrel.
  7. Any of a number of flatfish:
    1. Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Torbay sole), found in the North Atlantic.
    2. Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (megrim), found in the North Atlantic.
    3. Arnoglossus scapha, found near New Zealand.
  8. The Indomalayan butterfly Araotes lapithis, of the family Lycaenidae.
Verb
  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To practise witchcraft.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To bewitch.
  3. (intransitive) To dowse for water.
Noun
  1. A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper.
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