hex vs witch

hex

noun
  • A witch. 

  • A spell (now rare but still found in compounds such as hex sign and hexcraft). 

  • A hexagonal space on a game board. 

  • An evil spell or curse. 

  • a hexagon-shaped item of rock climbing equipment intended to be wedged into a crack or other opening in the rock. 

verb
  • To cast a spell on (specifically an evil spell), to bewitch. 

witch

noun
  • A person who practices witchcraft. 

  • An ugly or unpleasant woman. 

  • One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person. 

  • The storm petrel. 

  • Arnoglossus scapha, found near New Zealand. 

  • Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Torbay sole), found in the North Atlantic. 

  • A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper. 

  • A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera. 

  • A woman who is learned in and actively practices witchcraft. 

  • The Indomalayan butterfly Araotes lapithis, of the family Lycaenidae. 

  • One given to mischief, especially a woman or child. 

  • Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (megrim), found in the North Atlantic. 

verb
  • To dowse for water. 

  • To bewitch. 

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