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单词 eye-bite
释义 eye-bite, v. Obs. rare.
[f. eye n.1 + bite v.]
trans. To bewitch with the eye.
1584R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. iii. xv. 50 The Irishmen..affirme, that not onelie their children, but their cattell are..eyebitten, when they fall suddenlie sicke.1658Phillips, Eyebite, to fascinate or bewitch by a certain evil influence from the eye.1721–1800in Bailey.
Hence eye-biter, one who ‘eye-bites’. eye-biting vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1584R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. iii. xv. 50 The Irishmen..terme one sort of their witches eybiters.1585J. Higgins tr. Junius' Nomenclator 427 Fascinus, a bewitching or eye-biting.1656T. Ady Candle in Dark ii. 104 Calling them eye-biting witches.
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