| 单词 | witch-mark |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswitch-mark witch-mark n. now chiefly historical a mark or protuberance on the skin, taken to indicate that a person (typically a woman) is a witch. [Compare earlier witch's mark n. at Compounds 3] . ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > spot or mark > witch-mark witch's mark1624 witch-mark1644 1644 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1908) 2nd Ser. VIII. 101 They causit thair officeris..tirre us mother naked, rype and search our bodies and secreitt memberis for witchmarkis. 1712 Impossibility of Witchcraft Pref. sig. A3v They had found suppos'd Witch-marks, by putting Sharp Pins and Needles into Warts. 1900 J. Fiske Old Virginia & her Neighbours II. xiv. 245 She was searched for witch marks and imprisoned. 2009 Early Theatre 12 70 Intimate searches of an accused witch's body for witch-marks betraying where her familiar sucked her blood were often part of witch-trials in England. < as lemmas |
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