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noun

Witchery n. (pl. witcheries)

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

Fascination; irresistible influence; enchantment. "He never felt The witchery of the soft blue sky." "The dear, dear witchery of song."

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Etymology of 'Witchery'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Witchery" Quotes from Famous Books

... was Adrien. All day long it seemed as if her very soul were laughing for joy. And all day long she kept close beside Jack, chaffing him, laughing at him, rallying him on his solemn face and driving him half-mad with her gay witchery. ...

— To Him That Hath - A Novel Of The West Of Today • Ralph Connor

... "Witchery," laughed his father. "Even your clumsy description has strangely stirred my youthful blood, and 'I longs fer ter see this hyar wonderful child dryad of ther primeval forest.' If you ever go back there, you had better wear magic ...

— 'Smiles' - A Rose of the Cumberlands • Eliot H. Robinson

... Witchery, twitchery, kangaroo, Thunder and lightning, Kalamazoo! Lengthen her, strengthen her, rip, bazoo, Make her ...

— The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays • Walter Ben Hare

... river, springing from a cleft in the Lozere chain, winding its impetuous way, enriched by many a mountain torrent, through the Aveyron, Tarn, and Garonne, finally disemboguing into the Garonne, has lavished all its witchery on ...

— The Roof of France • Matilda Betham-Edwards

... much troubled, called then on his druid Coran, to put forth his power against the witchery of the banshee: "O Coran of the mystic arts and of the mighty incantations, here is a contest such as I have never been engaged in since I was made King at Tara—a contest with an invisible lady, who is beguiling my son to Fairyland ...

— Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories - The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 • Various

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