Crossword clues for witching
The Collaborative International Dictionary
witching \witch"ing\, a.
That witches or enchants; suited to enchantment or
witchcraft; bewitching. ``The very witching time of night.''
--Shak. -- Witch"ing*ly, adv.
Wiktionary
n. An act of witchcraft. vb. (present participle of witch lang= en)
WordNet
adj. possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers; "charming incantations"; "magic signs that protect against adverse influence"; "a magical spell"; "'tis now the very witching time of night"- Shakespeare; "wizard wands"; "wizardly powers" [syn: charming, magic, magical, sorcerous, witching(a), wizard(a), wizardly]
Wikipedia
Witching may refer to:
- The Witching, a comic book series
- Triple witching, an economic concept
- Dowsing, a practice that attempts to locate objects without the use of scientific apparatus
Usage examples of "witching".
The immane screeches and caws of a startled rundi split his hearing as he pushed through a witching of grass, stooping here and there to collect plant fragments.
Do I see thee in very truth, thou damsel of disobedience, dear dame of discord, sweet, witching, wilful lady--is it thou in very truth, most loved daughter, or wraith conjured of thy magic and my perfervid imaginations--speak!
The stagecoach reached the pass at near the witching hour of twelve, an hour ahead of schedule, just as I, taking no chances, drove my own caleche with four black horses up close behind the diligence where it paused in the midnight landscape, half piny and half barren.
Thus Theos inwardly raved, without any real comprehension of his own thoughts, but only stricken anew by a feverish passion of mingled love and hatred as he stared on the witching sorceress whose marvellous beauty was such wonder and torture to his eyes, .
It was at this witching time that I found her, preparing a gigantic Salade Nicoise to the sound of Bartok on the hi-fi, the last of the evening light streaming through the huge windows on to her russet hair and beautifully faded smock.
The immane screeches and caws of a startled rundi split his hearing as he pushed through a witching of grass, stooping here and there to collect plant fragments.
Sharon at the witching hour calling all you lonely folk in London but especially Harry Wilmot of Walthamstow East.
The friar and Matilda had often sung duets together, and had been accustomed to the baron's chiming in with a stormy capriccio, which was usually charmed into silence by some sudden turn in the witching melodies of Matilda.
White men called what he was doing water witching or dowsing, and claimed not to believe in it.