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A pitcher for water.

The dabchick.

Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition. [R.] Dryden.

, but formerly used of men as well. There was a man in that city whose name was Simon, a witch. Wyclif (Acts viii. 9). He can not abide the old woman of Brentford; he swears she's a witch. Shak.

See Wych-elm.

The wych-elm.

The witch-hazel.

The practices or art of witches; sorcery; enchantments; intercourse with evil spirits.

Sorcery; enchantment; witchcraft. Great Comus, Deep skilled in all his mother's witcheries. Milton. A woman infamous . . . for witcheries. Sir W. Scott.

That witches or enchants; suited to enchantment or witchcraft; bewitching. "The very witching time of night." Shak. -- Witch"ing*ly, adv.

The sand martin, or bank swallow. [Prov. Eng.]

ich includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange.

pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.

Harmony of sounds; agreement in pitch and tone; concord; as, the accord of tones. Those sweet accords are even the angels' lays. Sir J. Davies.

he fifth century. Sir G. C. Lewis. He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft. Southey.

The top or highest point; the culmination. The very acme and pitch of life for epic poetry. Pope. The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of its supremacy. I. Taylor.

Shrillness; high pitch; -- said of sounds.

In a dripping state; as, leaves all adrip. D. G. Mitchell.

c, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters.

Of use in curing the itch. -- n.