noun the stormy petrel.
2. witch ·noun an ugly old woman; a hag.
3. witch ·noun a certain curve of the third order, described by maria agnesi under the name versiera.
4. witch ·noun a cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper.
5. witch ·vt to bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant.
6. witch ·noun one who exercises more than common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person; also, one given to mischief;
said especially of a woman or child.
7. witch ·noun one who practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as possessing supernatural or magical power by compact with an evil spirit, ·esp. with the devil; a sorcerer or sorceress;
now applied chiefly or only to women, but formerly used of men as well.