white witchn.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage iv. v. 310 Being indeede (as in our White and Blacke witches at this day) worse when an Angell, then when a Deuill.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. i. i. i. 289 Sorcerers are too common, Cunning men, Wisards, & white-witches, as they call them, in every village.

1689 C. Mather Disc. Witchcraft 5 in Memorable Provid. Creatures that they call White Witches, which do only Good-Turns for their Neighbours.

1716 J. Addison Drummer ii. 20 The common People call him a Wizard, a White-Witch.

1746 Exmoor Courtship 25 Tha Whit Witch.

1806 J. Carr Stranger in Ireland 265 The white witch..at Exeter,..who has female agents to whom she has imparted a portion of her magic, in almost every village, who have the property of discovering pilferers and stopping blood.

1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! I. i. 14 When he had warts or burns, he went to the white witch at Northam to charm them away.

1909 Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms 24 White witch, a good creature which has the power of counteracting the evil designs of Black witches.

1972 ‘Zolar’ Hist. Astrol. viii. 140 The white witch practiced only healing arts.

2011 Daily Mail (Nexis) 22 June When Claire Anderson needed some help getting pregnant, she called on a white witch called Ladysnake.