| 单词 | witch cake |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswitch cake witch cake n. now historical a cake used in magical rites, or as a means of countering the effects of witchcraft. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > witch > [noun] > preparation used to detect witches witch cake1616 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > witch > [noun] > apparatus used by sievea1585 witch cake1810 1616 A. Roberts Treat. Witchcraft 54 Drake the afflicted womans father, had beene to aske counsell, and made a Witch Cake. 1693 I. Mather Cases Conscience 52 Many..Magical experiments have been used to try witches by. Of this sort is that of..making a witch-cake with that urine. 1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 282 The baking of the ‘Witch Cake’, with its pernicious virtues, is a curious process. 1913 Evening Tel. & Post (Dundee) 27 June 6/4 Round Flamborough Head you will have good luck if you hang up a ‘witch cake’ in the kitchen, taking the precaution, of course, to burn the cake once a year and replace it with another one. 2015 F. G. Mixon Public Choice Econ. & Salem Witchcraft Hysteria iv. 44 A primary ingredient in witch cakes is rye meal, which is then mixed with the affected urine of suspected victims of witchcraft. < as lemmas |
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