英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
字典
Wit
(n.)
To know; to learn.
Wit
(v.)
Mind; intellect; understanding; sense.
Wit
(v.)
A mental faculty, or power of the mind; -- used in this sense
chiefly in the plural, and in certain phrases; as, to lose one's wits;
at one's wits' end, and the like.
Wit
(v.)
Felicitous association of objects not usually connected, so as
to produce a pleasant surprise; also. the power of readily combining
objects in such a manner.
Wit
(v.)
A person of eminent sense or knowledge; a man of genius,
fancy, or humor; one distinguished for bright or amusing sayings, for
repartee, and the like.
Wit-cracker
(n.)
One who breaks jests; a joker.
Wit-snapper
(n.)
One who affects repartee; a wit-cracker.
Wit-starved
(a.)
Barren of wit; destitute of genius.
Witch
(n.)
A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other
fat, and used as a taper.
Witch
(n.)
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.
Witch
(n.)
An ugly old woman; a hag.
Witch
(n.)
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.
Witch
(n.)
A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria
Agnesi under the name versiera.
Witch
(n.)
The stormy petrel.
Witch
(v. t.)
To bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant.
Witch-elm
(n.)
See Wych-elm.
Witch-hazel
(n.)
The wych-elm.
Witch-hazel
(n.)
An American shrub or small tree (Hamamelis Virginica),
which blossoms late in autumn.
Witch-tree
(n.)
The witch-hazel.
Witchcraft
(n.)
The practices or art of witches; sorcery; enchantments;
intercourse with evil spirits.