Definitions for obeahs

obeahs o·be·ah

Spelling: [oh-bee-uh]
IPA: /ˈoʊ bi ə/

Obeahs is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 106 anagrams from letters in obeahs (abehos).

Definitions for obeahs

noun

  1. a form of belief involving sorcery, practiced in parts of the West Indies, South America, the southern U.S., and Africa.
  2. a fetish or charm used in practicing obeah.

Origin of obeahs

1750-60; compare Gullah, Jamaican English, Guyanan English, Sranan óbia magic, charm; Twi ɔ-bayifó sorcerer (compound with -fo person), Igbo díbìà folk healer (compound with dí- expert in)

Examples for obeahs

Yet the warning echoed loudly through Madison Forest; and the obeah hesitated.

Up he brought the automatic, till the bead lay fair upon the naked, muscular breast of the obeah.

And with a formless roar of killing-rage, Stern swung on the obeah, with the rifle.

The obeah man agreed to cure him, provided he received ten dollars for his pains.

But the obeah, with a whining plaint, spat away his tobacco-leaf.

But already, with a chattering howl, the obeah was running forward.

obeah can be worked by either alone, and is not tied to the presence of the snake.

obeah, on the other hand, kills only by poison—does not show the blood at all.

The ceiba is the sacred tree of the negro, the temple of Jumbi the proper home of obeah.

There, already recovered from the blow which would have killed a man ten times over, he saw the obeah snarling after him.

Word Value for obeahs
Scrable

10

Words with friends

10

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