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water witch
1noun
- Also water witcher. a person skilled at water witching; dowser.
- a witch believed to haunt lakes, ponds, etc.
water-witch
2[ waw-ter-wich, wot-er- ]
verb (used without object)
- to practice water witching; work as a water witch.
water witch
noun
- a person who claims the ability to detect water underground by means of a divining rod
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Word History and Origins
Origin of water witch1
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Example Sentences
I have long thought that this is the last time the keel of the Water-Witch will ever plow the American seas.
We marched off to the river Ohio, to take passage on board of the steamboat Water Witch.
Sprite Seaford was often called a little "Water Witch," from the fact that she was so much at home on the water.
The water-witch fled, but in doing so carried off the best beloved of all the King's warriors.
Down and down he dived till he came to the cave of the water-witch whom he killed after a desperate struggle.
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