Definitions for water-witch

water-witch wa·ter-witch

Spelling: [waw-ter-wich, wot-er-]
IPA: /ˈwɔ tərˌwɪtʃ, ˈwɒt ər-/

Water-Witch is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 413 anagrams from letters in water-witch (-acehirttww).

Definitions for water-witch

noun

  1. Also, water witcher. a person skilled at water witching; dowser.
  2. a witch believed to haunt lakes, ponds, etc.

verb (used without object)

  1. to practice water witching; work as a water witch.

Origin of water-witch

An Americanism dating back to 1810-20

Examples for water-witch

The water-witch will go at large, till a far different personage shall become your captive.

We have no want of passes, and the Miller's-Maid is just as good a name to hail by, as the 'water-witch.'

The spot where the water-witch had so lately lain, was vacant, and no vestige of her wreck lined the shores of the Cove.

To the surprise of all who witnessed her temerity, the water-witch still showed all her light sails.

I must indeed have been exhausted to chop logic with a water-witch.

The water-witch was lying in the quarter of the horizon most favorable to being seen.

It is that there was a spell put upon me—by a water-witch that was of my kindred.

I believe the vessel to be the famous water-witch itself, and her commander to be, of course, that well-known adventurer.

Our trade is the concern of life;—our world, the water-witch.

When he passes over the spot where the hidden springs of water are, the twig goes down, without any volition of the "water-witch."

Word Value for water-witch
Scrable

8

Words with friends

8

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