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witch hazel, wych hazel
[witch n.3]
1. = witch n.3 a. Also, the hornbeam.
1541–2Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 9 §3 That everie bowyer..for every bowe that he maketh of Ewe, make fower other bowes..of Elme, wyche hasill, ashe, or other Wood. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Obier,..a Wych hasell, as some thinke. 1588Harriot Brief Rep. Virginia D 4 b, Maple, and also Wich-hazle, wherof the inhabitants vse to make their bowes. 1597Gerarde Herbal iii. cix. 1296 Called..Hornbeame, Hardbeame, Yoke Elme, and in some places Witch hasell. 1633T. Johnson Gerarde's Herbal iii. cxvi. 1481 Vlmus folio latissimo scabro. Witch Hasell, or the broadest leaued Elme... This hath little affinitie with Carpinus, which in Essex is called Witch Hasell. c1767G. White Selborne, To Pennant ii, In the court of Norton farmhouse..stood within these twenty years a broad-leaved elm, or wych hazel. 1830Strutt Sylva Brit. 66 The Wych Elm, or Wych Hazel, as it is sometimes called. 1855Bailey Mystic 85 Wych-hazel, for divining treasures used.
attrib.1886A. Winchell Geol. Talks 137 Some men..even resorted to the witch-hazel fork in quest of knowledge on which capital might venture investment.
2. A North American shrub, Hamamelis virginica; also, an extract of the leaves and bark of this shrub, used as an astringent remedy.
1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 332 Witch Hazel, Hamamelis. 1778J. Carver Trav. N. Amer. xix. 508 The Witch Hazle... It has been said, that it is possessed of the power of attracting gold or silver, and that twigs of it are made use of to discover where the veins of these metals lie hid. 1824Longfellow Autumn 26 The purple finch..pecks by the witch-hazel. 1908R. W. Chambers Firing Line viii, ‘Sentiment? Yes,’ she said; ‘but oh! it's the kind that offers witch-hazel and hot-water bottles to the best beloved!’ |