英语词汇“witch wand”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

As a modifier, designating items used to dowse for underground sources of water, minerals, oil, etc., as in witch rod, witch stick, witch wand, etc. Cf. witching n.³ Compounds.

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1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Witch-wand, a twig of the mountain ash, once used to find minerals.

1894 H. S. Nourse Hist. Town Harvard 104 The people..dug their wells under the direction of some gifted individual in whose hand the witch-rod would ‘work’.

1947 V. Randolph Ozark Superstitions 89 He even claimed that he could tell, by the behavior of his witch stick, whether the alleged deposit was a vein of the mineral, or a mere pocket.

2009 V. Van Der Veer Hamilton Teddy's Child 110 If the witch wand bends towards the ground, chances are there's water beneath.

单词	witch wand
释义	> as lemmas witch wand As a modifier, designating items used to dowse for underground sources of water, minerals, oil, etc., as in witch rod, witch stick, witch wand, etc. Cf. witching n.³ Compounds. ΚΠ 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Witch-wand, a twig of the mountain ash, once used to find minerals. 1894 H. S. Nourse Hist. Town Harvard 104 The people..dug their wells under the direction of some gifted individual in whose hand the witch-rod would ‘work’. 1947 V. Randolph Ozark Superstitions 89 He even claimed that he could tell, by the behavior of his witch stick, whether the alleged deposit was a vein of the mineral, or a mere pocket. 2009 V. Van Der Veer Hamilton Teddy's Child 110 If the witch wand bends towards the ground, chances are there's water beneath. extracted from witchv.² < as lemmas
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