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单词 wise wife
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wise wife
b. spec. Skilled in magic or hidden arts. Now only dialect, as in wise wife, wise man n. 3, wise woman n. 1.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [adjective] > possessing magical qualities or skill
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a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1655) vi. 383 Agnes Samson (commonly called the wise wife of Keith) was..a woman not of the base and ignorant sort of Witches.
1653 H. More Antidote against Atheism in Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) iii. vi. §6 102 While he wish'd to himself that some wise body would help him to his..money again there appeared unto him a Spirit.
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