| 单词 | eye-biter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈeye-biter ˈeye-biter n. a person (esp. a woman) considered to possess the ‘evil eye’. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > witch > [noun] walkyrieOE witchOE hagc1230 strya1300 wise woman1382 sorceressc1384 luller14.. tylyester14.. chantressc1425 magicienne1490 gyre-carline1535 witch-womana1538 eye-biter1584 beldama1586 witch-wife1591 cunning woman1594 saga?a1600 magha1609 magicianess1651 hag-witcha1658 haggard1658 besom-rider1664 wizardess1789 fly-by-night1796 lucky1827 bruja1829 weird-woman1845 hex1856 Baba Yaga1857 pishogue1906 witcher1928 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft iii. xv. 64 The Irishmen..terme one sort of their witches eybiters. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 722 Those who are reported to be eie-biters, or to bewitch with their eies. 1845 H. M. Elliot Suppl. Gloss. Indian Terms 140 To prevent the effect of an evil eye, or the injury which is sure to be sustained from the praises of any casual visitor, or any ‘eyebiter’, as an Irishman would say. 1998 C. Classen Color of Angels ii. iii. 81 In Ireland certain witches were known as ‘eyebiters’ for their imagined ability to injure people through their sight. < as lemmas |
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