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单词 witch of endor
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witch of Endor

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P1. witch of Endor.In allusion to the biblical story in which a woman of Endor communicates with the spirit of the prophet Samuel at the behest of Saul (1 Sam. xxviii. 7–25).
a. A woman who practises witchcraft or magic, esp. a necromancer. Later also: a person, esp. a woman, believed to be in contact with the spirits of the dead; a medium. Now rare.In quot. 1582 referring to the biblical character (see note at Phrases 1).
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [noun] > spiritualist or medium
ghost seer1799
sensitive1846
medium1851
spirit medium1851
spiritualist1851
spiritist1854
manifestationist1865
trance-medium1878
spookist1902
trumpet medium1912
witch of Endor1919
metapsychist1922
1582 T. Bentley Sixt Lampe Virginitie 81 Let none bee founde among you,..that asketh counsaile of the dead, (as the witch of Endor did).]
1599 T. Morton Treat. Nature of God i. 34 Let him but by some iniurious deed, or contumelious word, prouoke some witch of Endor, that hath the temporary power ouer some spirit.
1674 J. Wright Mock-Thyestes i, in tr. Seneca Thyestes 97 What Witch of Endor does thus fret me And when I'de stay in hell won't let me?
1804 R. C. Dallas Aubrey II. xx. 167 And was I a magician, or a witch of Endor, to detect that Mr. ——, the Piccadilly jontleman, was, true enough, on his way to Mr. James M'Knucle's.
1919 R. R. Marett in Q. Rev. Apr. 458 In the West End a séance with a Witch of Endor is doubtless to be obtained for a suitable fee.
1937 C. E. N. Macartney Peter & his Lord xiii. 145 Who would go to a seance, who wants the confirmation of crystal gazers, witches of Endor, and table tilters.
b. As a term of abuse or contempt for a woman. Cf. sense 3a.
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1677 A. Behn Town-fopp i. ii. 9 Heark ye Witch of Endor, hold your prating tongue, or I shall most well-favourdly Cudgel ye.
1819 Countess Spencer Let. 15 Nov. in Corr. Lady Lyttelton (1912) viii. 217 That witch of Endor, the Duchess of Devon, has been doing mischief of another kind.
1938 M. Gervaise Distance Enchanted vii. 126 A nutcrackery old woman whom Breeze mentally dubbed the Witch of Endor.
2019 @Adeoluwa83 21 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 15 Mar. 2021) That witch of endor signing goblins all over the world should be sent to the abyss.
P2. colloquial. riding of the witch: a feeling of suffocation or great distress experienced during sleep; nightmare. Cf. sense 2, witch-riding n. Obsolete.
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1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse iv. f. 29v The Ephialtes, which the vulgar sort tearmes the night-mare, or the riding of the witch.
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. 683/2 Riding of the witch, a popular phrase for the nightmare, still in use.
P3. the witch is in (something): the specified thing is bewitched. Now rare.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [phrase] > it is bewitched
the witch is in (something)1689
1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 40 When a Country-wench cannot get her Butter to come, she says, The Witch is in her Churn.
1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham xvii. 325 She rose from her struggle with the problem, and said aloud to herself, ‘Well, the witch is in it’.
1939 T'ien Hsia Monthly May 449 I saw for the first time a cotton mill at work. ‘Dear me!’ I exclaimed, ‘the witch is in it!’
P4. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). (as) nervous as a witch: very restless.
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the world > movement > restlessness > [phrase] > state of extreme restlessness
as nervous as a witch1853
like a cat on hot bricks1886
1853 Water-cure Jrnl. (N.Y.) Apr. 75/2 The windows were down, the air close, and the patient as nervous as a witch.
1911 F. M. Crawford Man Overboard in Uncanny Tales (1917) 132 She's been as nervous as a witch all day.
1992 Times 1 June 29/5 In the morning before the race, one or two of those who spoke to him [sc. Nigel Mansell] had said he was as nervous as a witch.
P5. as cold (also dry, etc.) as a witch's tit (also witch's teat): see witch's tit n. Phrases, witch's teat n. Phrases. old witch: see old adj. Compounds 4.
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