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The nightmare. See Nightmare. Such as are troubled with incubus, or witch-ridden, as we call it. Burton.

p; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe. "The insidious witch." Cowper.

A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion. His jade gave him a jerk. B. Jonson.

uniting the edges of sheets which make a butt joint. -- Junction rails (Railroads), the switch, or movable, rails, connecting one line of track with another.

A small anchor used whenever a large one can be dispensed witch. See Kedge, v. t., and Anchor, n.

na) is found in houses, and often injures books and furniture. Called also shiner, silver witch, silver moth, and furniture bug.

The American redbellied snipe (Macrorhamphus scolopaceus); -- called also long-billed dowitcher.

rces in nature attained by a study of occult science, including enchantment, conjuration, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, incantation, etc. An appearance made by some magic. Chaucer. Celestial magic, a supposed supernatural power which gave to spirits a kind of dominion over the planets, and to the planets an influenc…

To bewitch; to harm. [Obs.] Burton.

A bewitching. [Obs.]

others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign. Witchcraft may be by operation of malign spirits. Bacon.

Varied with irregular markings, or witch a confused blending of irregular spots and streaks.

), a composite plant (Arnica montana) of Europe; called also leopard's bane. -- Mountain witch (Zoöl.), a ground pigeon of Jamaica, of the genus Geotrygon.

The witch-hazel. [Obs.] Ainsworth.

a species of Strychnos growing in West Africa, used, like the ordeal bean, in trials for witchcraft. -- Ordeal tree (Bot.), a poisonous tree of Madagascar (Tanghinia, or Cerbera, venenata). Persons suspected of crime are forced to eat the seeds of the plumlike fruit, and criminals are put to death by being pricked wi…

a couplet. It was used by Byron in "Don Juan," by Keats in "Isabella," by Shelley in "The Witch of Atlas," etc.

To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Shak. If you trouble me I will overlook you, and then your pigs will die. C. Kingsley.

occupy; to take possession of; as, the vine overran its trellis; the farm is overrun with witch grass. Those barbarous nations that overran the world. Spenser.

To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch. [R.] Marston.

ultheria procumbens); also, the plant itself. -- Partridge dove (Zoöl.) Same as Mountain witch, under Mountain. -- Partridge pea (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb (Cassia Chamæcrista), common in sandy fields in the Eastern United States. -- Partridge shell (Zoöl.), a large marine univalve shell (Dolium perdi…