| 单词 | eye-biting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈeye-biting ˈeye-biting adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] sigaldry?c1225 enchantery1297 enchantment1297 charminga1300 chantmentc1300 chantinga1382 forspeaking1483 fairyc1515 bewitching1535 enchanting1553 fascination1572 eye-biting1584 sparrow-blasting1589 effascination1624 enchant1634 maleficiation1649 spelling1665 glamour1793 weird1813 glamoury1821 ensorcellment1931 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [adjective] > with the evil eye eye-biting1584 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft iii. xv. 64 (heading) Examples of..eybiting witches in Ireland. 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 427 Fascinus, a bewitching or eye-biting. 1677 J. Webster Displaying Supposed Witchcraft ii. 24 A kind of eye-biting; whereby (as the Vulgar believed) children did wax lean, and pined away. 1730 W. Forbes Inst. Law Scotl. II. i. ii. iii. 32 Fascination, from the hurting Creatures by envious Looks, and Eye-biting, or by Words. 1845 J. Train Hist. & Statist. Acct. Isle of Man II. xviii. 159 At Ballayochie, eye-biting in every stage, whether in man or beast, was cured by one of these empirics down to a very recent period. 1933 M. Summers Werewolf i. 27 The horrible influence of the evil eye which cannot be gainsaid, since there are the famous cases of the eye-biting witches of Ireland. 1993 J. Caputi Gossips, Gorgons & Crones xi. 262 The Powers of psychic warfare—cursing, prophecy, and eyebiting. < as lemmas |
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