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A double slip of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's legs.

charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery. See how I am bewitched; behold, mine arm Is like a blasted sapling withered up. Shak.

The state of being bewitched. Gauden.

One who bewitches.

The power of bewitching or fascinating; bewitchment; charm; fascination. There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. South.

Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming. -- Be*witch"ing*ly, adv. -- Be*witch"ing*ness, n.

The act of bewitching, or the state of being bewitched. Tylor.

To free from a spell; to disenchant. [R.] South.

To charm; to bewitch. [Obs.] Heywood.

A charming; state of being bewitched or deluded. [Obs.]

nce in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant. It has been almost universally believed that . . . serpents can stupefy and fascinate the prey which they are desirous to obtain. Griffith (Cuvier).

That which fascinates; a charm; a spell. There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. South.

To bewitch. [Obs.] Drayton.

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

A bewitching. [Obs.]

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.

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

Pleasantly mischievous; waggish; arch. The most bewitching leer with her eyes, the most roguish cast. Dryden. -- Rogu"ish*ly, adv. -- Rogu"ish*ness, n.

Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song.

To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm. "Spelled with words of power." Dryden. He was much spelled with Eleanor Talbot. Sir G. Buck.