witchingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈwɪtʃɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwɪtʃɪŋ/

Forms: see witch v.¹ and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: witch v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < witch v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Compare the similarly-formed Middle Low German wickinge divination, soothsaying. With sense 2 compare earlier bewitching n.

Now somewhat rare.

1. Witchcraft; an instance of this. Also: the action or an act of bewitching a person or thing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > action of practising

witchingOE

jugglingc1380

sorcering1614

wizarding1668

OE Poenitentiale Theodori & Capitula d'Acheriana (Brussels) in F. J. Mone Quellen u. Forschungen zur Geschichte der teutschen Literatur u. Sprache (1830) 518 Gyf hwylc wif wiccunga bega, and þa deofollican galdorsangas.

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 213 Wicching and swikedom, stale and leoð and lesing and refloc, and alle þe luðere lastes þe man hafeð þureh deules lore.

c1300 St. Lucy (Laud) l. 126 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 104 Þou art strong wichche,..Mine clerkes and mine enchauntours bi-nime schullen þi wichchingue.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds viii. 11 Moche tyme he hadde maad hem mad..with his wicchingis [a1425 L.V. witche craftis].

a1450 MS Bodl. 779 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1889) 82 344 (MED) Þey noldin I-leue..þat..cristus myȝte..soche hele dyȝte, & to soþe hy wende þat hit were wicchinge.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxxxi. 121 All the enchantments or witchings of Circe.

1590 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. 212 Fylit, for the wiching and possessing of the (said) Williame Hutsoune, with ane ewill spreit.

1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 137 Geoffry Chaucer,..spying that all these brainlesse imaginations, of witchings, possessings, house-hanting, and the rest, were the forgeries..of craftie priests.

1896 G. Chanter Witch of Withyford viii. 86 Why be the folks always telling of witches and witching?

1914 J. Mackay Church in Highlands iv. 152 Witching and charming were severely punished [in the 17th century].

1987 M. J. Auch (title) The witching of Ben Wagner.

2011 J. Endredy Flying Witches of Veracruz i. 38 Almost everyone here in the Tuxtlas knows some curing and some evil witching.

2. figurative. Enchantment, fascination; beguilement.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [noun] > fascination or enchantment

witchcraft?c1550

witchery1575

sireny1600

bewitchment1610

captivation1610

bewitchery1652

enchantment1678

fascination1697

charming1720

witching1796

1796 W. Godwin Let. 13 July in R. M. Wardle Godwin & Mary (1967) 8 When I make love, it shall be..with speaking glances (through the glass of my spectacles), with all the witching of that irresistible, universal passion.

1829 N. P. Willis Fugitive Poetry 15 Life had been like the witching of a dream.

1882 ‘F. Anstey’ Vice Versâ iii. 37 He felt far from hungry, and was conscious that his palate would require the adroitest witching.

1993 L. Kinsale For my Lady's Heart (2004) ix. 160 ‘I will lay you a place to bed, Your Highness.’ But he did not rise, unable to shake off the witching of her nearness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

witchingn.³

Brit.

/ˈwɪtʃɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwɪtʃɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: witch v.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < witch v.² + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier water witching n.

Chiefly North American.

The action, process, or technique of searching for underground water, minerals, objects, etc., using a divining rod or similar technique; dowsing. Cf. water witching n.Recorded earliest as a modifier; cf. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > types of search or searching > searching for subterraneous water or minerals

rhabdomancy1646

water witching1850

witching1864

water divining1867

1864 Canada Farmer 15 Sept. 266 We have received several communications on this subject, some insisting that there is something in the use of the witching stick, and others asserting that it is all moonshine.

1917 S. Afr. Mining Jrnl. 16 June 367/2 The U.S. Geological Society has recently published a report on the use of the divining rod, often called ‘witching’ or ‘dowsing’.

1986 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 20 Mar. 7/1 Although ‘witching, dowsing, water divining’ etc. is a common practice it has outlived its usefulness.

2012 Assoc. Press Online (Nexis) 29 Aug. The National Groundwater Association has disavowed witching as ‘totally without scientific merit’.

Compounds

As a modifier, designating items used in divining or searching for underground water, minerals, or the like; as in witching rod, witching stick, witching wand, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > types of search or searching > searching for subterraneous water or minerals > instrument used in

divining-wand1656

dowsing-rod1692

divining-stick1712

divining-rod1751

witching stick1864

twig1883

witching rod1919

doodlebug1924

witching wand2011

1919 Sunday Star (Washington, D.C.) 6 Apr. (Mag. section) 2/3 He tapped the ground for oil. He thought that the witching rod might bring forth a gusher.

1953 Hutchinson (Kansas) News-Herald 12 Apr. 21/4 [His] witching twig has located numerous water wells for Harper farmers.

2011 B. Morrow Diviner's Tale vi. 58 I strode across the flattish fields.., my witching wand..cut from a black cherry tree held before me, until I came to the location of the long-defunct, forgotten pond.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

witchingadj.n.²adv.

Brit.

/ˈwɪtʃɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwɪtʃɪŋ/

Forms: see witch v.¹ and -ing suffix²; also 1800s 'witching.

Origin: Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: witch v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < witch v.¹ + -ing suffix². In sense A. 2 probably largely after bewitching adj. With use as adverb compare earlier bewitchingly adv.In the earlier reading cited for quot. c1410 at sense A. 1a, wycchen is probably an isolated example of a derivative < witch n. + -en suffix⁴ (similar formations with this suffix are found elsewhere in the same text).

A. adj. (and n.²)

a. Having the power to bewitch people or things. Also (and earliest) as n.: †those who bewitch (obsolete). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [adjective]

charming1382

witchinga1400

enchanting1555

conjuring1575

Circean1609

spellinga1616

effascinating1616

fascinating1618

becharming1638

fascinous1666

ensorcelling1883

a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) lvii. 5 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 189 A neddre def..Þat noght sal here þe steuen of wicchand [L. incantantium].

c1410 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (BL Add.) (1869) II. 187 Wicching [a1387 St. John's Cambr. In Affrica beeþ meyneys þat haueþ wycchen tonges; L. linguas fascinantes].

1633 P. Fletcher Piscatorie Eclogs v. v. 29 in Purple Island Her witching eye the boy, and boat hath charm'd.

1746 W. Dunkin tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles ii. ii. 245 Witching Imps of Hell.

1999 Archaeoastronomy Spring 126 The people became angry at the Old Woman in the sky, so they got a powerful ‘witching’ doctor to kill her.

b. Used when practising witchcraft or sorcery.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [adjective]

witchOE

wielfulc1275

magica1393

superstitiousc1425

diabolic1485

magicala1492

prestigious?1534

sorcerous1546

witching1567

wizardly1588

wizard1638

stoicheiotical1646

witchcraftical1676

maleficious1684

Arabian-night1808

Magian1818

wizard-like1859

1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xiv. f. 179 Shee [sc. Circe] strokte her witching wand Uppon theyr faces.

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xii. vii. 228 They burst the snakes with witching words.

?1714 N. Rowe Jane Shore iv. 42 Those damnable Contrivers, Who shall with Potions, Charms, and witching Drugs, Practise against our Person and our Life.

a1834 R. Surtees in J. Raine Taylor's Mem. R. Surtees (1852) 244 The witching spell..That lur'd the north star from the sky.

1971 J. H. Kelley in R. Moisés et al. Tall Candle p. xxxiii A witching olla, or pot, was described as having been used by two Yaqui witches.

2008 R. McKenzie Witches of Dredmoore Hollow xvi. 145 That's witching potion!..They're poisoning her!

c. Designating a time during which it is said that witches are active and supernatural occurrences take place. See also witching hour n. 1.Sometimes after Shakespeare's use in quot. 1604.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [adjective] > invested with magic powers > of time or hour

witching1604

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 377 Tis now the very witching time of night, When Churchyards yawne, and hell it selfe breakes out Contagion to this world.

1743 R. Blair Grave 6 Such Tales their Chear, at Wake or Gossiping, When it draws near to Witching Time of Night.

1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton King Arthur (new ed.) I. vi. lxvii. 272 Just as the witching night begins to fall.

2000 Out Oct. 58/1 The consummate fearbroker will realize his inner frenzy this witching season as part of Universal Studios Hollywood's ‘Halloween Horror Nights’.

2. figurative. Exerting a strong attraction over a person; beguiling, enchanting; bewitching.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [adjective] > fascinating or enchanting

bewitching1553

witching1570

sirenical1599

taking1603

enchantinga1616

fascinating1618

bewitchfulc1633

charming1664

sirenica1704

captivating1772

captivative1772

fascinative1833

airy-fairy1837

enthralling1851

taky1854

thralling1871

1570 R. Edwardes Boke Very Godly Psalmes 16 Circumsise our harts with thy grace, that beinge decided from this witching world: we may wholy cleaue vnto thee.

?a1600 in J. Lyly Wks. (1902) III. 497 Witching Tobacco, I will fly to thee.

1607 T. Dekker Whore of Babylon sig. G2 On my modest cheekes, No witching smiles doe dwell.

1786 R. Burns Poems 169 List'ning to their [sc. passions'] witching voice Has often led me wrong.

1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. lvii. 36 Yet are Spain's maids..form'd for all the witching arts of love.

1890 Spectator 7 June 799/2 The spell of the witching land and its people grows on us.

1914 G. M. Hay Gillespie (1979) iv. v. 351 She..read the love poems of the English language... She rolled the witching words on her tongue.

1990 ‘C. London’ Pendragon Virus x, in R. Lee et al. Mistletoe Kisses (1998) 621 He cupped her chin and looked deeply into her teary, witching eyes.

†B. adv.

In a beguiling or enchanting manner; bewitchingly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [adverb] > fascinatingly or enchantingly

charmingly1611

bewitchingly1612

witchingly1682

enchantingly1748

fascinatingly1773

witching1808

captivatingly1861

charismatically1965

1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. iii. 320 Ne'er, in work-day world, was seen A form so witching fair.

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 144 She only answer'd with a look, But it was 'witching sweet.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.¹OE

n.³1864

adj.n.²adv.a1400

单词	witching
释义	witchingn.¹ Brit. /ˈwɪtʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɪtʃɪŋ/ Forms: see witch v.¹ and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: witch v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < witch v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Compare the similarly-formed Middle Low German wickinge divination, soothsaying. With sense 2 compare earlier bewitching n. Now somewhat rare. 1. Witchcraft; an instance of this. Also: the action or an act of bewitching a person or thing. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > action of practising witchingOE jugglingc1380 sorcering1614 wizarding1668 OE Poenitentiale Theodori & Capitula d'Acheriana (Brussels) in F. J. Mone Quellen u. Forschungen zur Geschichte der teutschen Literatur u. Sprache (1830) 518 Gyf hwylc wif wiccunga bega, and þa deofollican galdorsangas. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 213 Wicching and swikedom, stale and leoð and lesing and refloc, and alle þe luðere lastes þe man hafeð þureh deules lore. c1300 St. Lucy (Laud) l. 126 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 104 Þou art strong wichche,..Mine clerkes and mine enchauntours bi-nime schullen þi wichchingue. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds viii. 11 Moche tyme he hadde maad hem mad..with his wicchingis [a1425 L.V. witche craftis]. a1450 MS Bodl. 779 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1889) 82 344 (MED) Þey noldin I-leue..þat..cristus myȝte..soche hele dyȝte, & to soþe hy wende þat hit were wicchinge. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxxxi. 121 All the enchantments or witchings of Circe. 1590 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. 212 Fylit, for the wiching and possessing of the (said) Williame Hutsoune, with ane ewill spreit. 1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 137 Geoffry Chaucer,..spying that all these brainlesse imaginations, of witchings, possessings, house-hanting, and the rest, were the forgeries..of craftie priests. 1896 G. Chanter Witch of Withyford viii. 86 Why be the folks always telling of witches and witching? 1914 J. Mackay Church in Highlands iv. 152 Witching and charming were severely punished [in the 17th century]. 1987 M. J. Auch (title) The witching of Ben Wagner. 2011 J. Endredy Flying Witches of Veracruz i. 38 Almost everyone here in the Tuxtlas knows some curing and some evil witching. 2. figurative. Enchantment, fascination; beguilement. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [noun] > fascination or enchantment witchcraft?c1550 witchery1575 sireny1600 bewitchment1610 captivation1610 bewitchery1652 enchantment1678 fascination1697 charming1720 witching1796 1796 W. Godwin Let. 13 July in R. M. Wardle Godwin & Mary (1967) 8 When I make love, it shall be..with speaking glances (through the glass of my spectacles), with all the witching of that irresistible, universal passion. 1829 N. P. Willis Fugitive Poetry 15 Life had been like the witching of a dream. 1882 ‘F. Anstey’ Vice Versâ iii. 37 He felt far from hungry, and was conscious that his palate would require the adroitest witching. 1993 L. Kinsale For my Lady's Heart (2004) ix. 160 ‘I will lay you a place to bed, Your Highness.’ But he did not rise, unable to shake off the witching of her nearness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). witchingn.³ Brit. /ˈwɪtʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɪtʃɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: witch v.², -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < witch v.² + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier water witching n. Chiefly North American. The action, process, or technique of searching for underground water, minerals, objects, etc., using a divining rod or similar technique; dowsing. Cf. water witching n.Recorded earliest as a modifier; cf. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > types of search or searching > searching for subterraneous water or minerals rhabdomancy1646 water witching1850 witching1864 water divining1867 1864 Canada Farmer 15 Sept. 266 We have received several communications on this subject, some insisting that there is something in the use of the witching stick, and others asserting that it is all moonshine. 1917 S. Afr. Mining Jrnl. 16 June 367/2 The U.S. Geological Society has recently published a report on the use of the divining rod, often called ‘witching’ or ‘dowsing’. 1986 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 20 Mar. 7/1 Although ‘witching, dowsing, water divining’ etc. is a common practice it has outlived its usefulness. 2012 Assoc. Press Online (Nexis) 29 Aug. The National Groundwater Association has disavowed witching as ‘totally without scientific merit’. Compounds As a modifier, designating items used in divining or searching for underground water, minerals, or the like; as in witching rod, witching stick, witching wand, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > types of search or searching > searching for subterraneous water or minerals > instrument used in divining-wand1656 dowsing-rod1692 divining-stick1712 divining-rod1751 witching stick1864 twig1883 witching rod1919 doodlebug1924 witching wand2011 1864 Canada Farmer 15 Sept. 266 We have received several communications on this subject, some insisting that there is something in the use of the witching stick, and others asserting that it is all moonshine. 1919 Sunday Star (Washington, D.C.) 6 Apr. (Mag. section) 2/3 He tapped the ground for oil. He thought that the witching rod might bring forth a gusher. 1953 Hutchinson (Kansas) News-Herald 12 Apr. 21/4 [His] witching twig has located numerous water wells for Harper farmers. 2011 B. Morrow Diviner's Tale vi. 58 I strode across the flattish fields.., my witching wand..cut from a black cherry tree held before me, until I came to the location of the long-defunct, forgotten pond. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). witchingadj.n.²adv. Brit. /ˈwɪtʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɪtʃɪŋ/ Forms: see witch v.¹ and -ing suffix²; also 1800s 'witching. Origin: Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: witch v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < witch v.¹ + -ing suffix². In sense A. 2 probably largely after bewitching adj. With use as adverb compare earlier bewitchingly adv.In the earlier reading cited for quot. c1410 at sense A. 1a, wycchen is probably an isolated example of a derivative < witch n. + -en suffix⁴ (similar formations with this suffix are found elsewhere in the same text). A. adj. (and n.²) 1. a. Having the power to bewitch people or things. Also (and earliest) as n.: †those who bewitch (obsolete). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [adjective] charming1382 witchinga1400 enchanting1555 conjuring1575 Circean1609 spellinga1616 effascinating1616 fascinating1618 becharming1638 fascinous1666 ensorcelling1883 a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) lvii. 5 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 189 A neddre def..Þat noght sal here þe steuen of wicchand [L. incantantium]. c1410 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (BL Add.) (1869) II. 187 Wicching [a1387 St. John's Cambr. In Affrica beeþ meyneys þat haueþ wycchen tonges; L. linguas fascinantes]. 1633 P. Fletcher Piscatorie Eclogs v. v. 29 in Purple Island Her witching eye the boy, and boat hath charm'd. 1746 W. Dunkin tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles ii. ii. 245 Witching Imps of Hell. 1999 Archaeoastronomy Spring 126 The people became angry at the Old Woman in the sky, so they got a powerful ‘witching’ doctor to kill her. b. Used when practising witchcraft or sorcery. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [adjective] witchOE wielfulc1275 magica1393 superstitiousc1425 diabolic1485 magicala1492 prestigious?1534 sorcerous1546 witching1567 wizardly1588 wizard1638 stoicheiotical1646 witchcraftical1676 maleficious1684 Arabian-night1808 Magian1818 wizard-like1859 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xiv. f. 179 Shee [sc. Circe] strokte her witching wand Uppon theyr faces. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xii. vii. 228 They burst the snakes with witching words. ?1714 N. Rowe Jane Shore iv. 42 Those damnable Contrivers, Who shall with Potions, Charms, and witching Drugs, Practise against our Person and our Life. a1834 R. Surtees in J. Raine Taylor's Mem. R. Surtees (1852) 244 The witching spell..That lur'd the north star from the sky. 1971 J. H. Kelley in R. Moisés et al. Tall Candle p. xxxiii A witching olla, or pot, was described as having been used by two Yaqui witches. 2008 R. McKenzie Witches of Dredmoore Hollow xvi. 145 That's witching potion!..They're poisoning her! c. Designating a time during which it is said that witches are active and supernatural occurrences take place. See also witching hour n. 1.Sometimes after Shakespeare's use in quot. 1604. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [adjective] > invested with magic powers > of time or hour witching1604 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 377 Tis now the very witching time of night, When Churchyards yawne, and hell it selfe breakes out Contagion to this world. View more context for this quotation 1743 R. Blair Grave 6 Such Tales their Chear, at Wake or Gossiping, When it draws near to Witching Time of Night. 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton King Arthur (new ed.) I. vi. lxvii. 272 Just as the witching night begins to fall. 2000 Out Oct. 58/1 The consummate fearbroker will realize his inner frenzy this witching season as part of Universal Studios Hollywood's ‘Halloween Horror Nights’. 2. figurative. Exerting a strong attraction over a person; beguiling, enchanting; bewitching. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [adjective] > fascinating or enchanting bewitching1553 witching1570 sirenical1599 taking1603 enchantinga1616 fascinating1618 bewitchfulc1633 charming1664 sirenica1704 captivating1772 captivative1772 fascinative1833 airy-fairy1837 enthralling1851 taky1854 thralling1871 1570 R. Edwardes Boke Very Godly Psalmes 16 Circumsise our harts with thy grace, that beinge decided from this witching world: we may wholy cleaue vnto thee. ?a1600 in J. Lyly Wks. (1902) III. 497 Witching Tobacco, I will fly to thee. 1607 T. Dekker Whore of Babylon sig. G2 On my modest cheekes, No witching smiles doe dwell. 1786 R. Burns Poems 169 List'ning to their [sc. passions'] witching voice Has often led me wrong. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. lvii. 36 Yet are Spain's maids..form'd for all the witching arts of love. 1890 Spectator 7 June 799/2 The spell of the witching land and its people grows on us. 1914 G. M. Hay Gillespie (1979) iv. v. 351 She..read the love poems of the English language... She rolled the witching words on her tongue. 1990 ‘C. London’ Pendragon Virus x, in R. Lee et al. Mistletoe Kisses (1998) 621 He cupped her chin and looked deeply into her teary, witching eyes. †B. adv. In a beguiling or enchanting manner; bewitchingly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [adverb] > fascinatingly or enchantingly charmingly1611 bewitchingly1612 witchingly1682 enchantingly1748 fascinatingly1773 witching1808 captivatingly1861 charismatically1965 1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. iii. 320 Ne'er, in work-day world, was seen A form so witching fair. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 144 She only answer'd with a look, But it was 'witching sweet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹OEn.³1864adj.n.²adv.a1400
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witchingn.1

witchingn.3

Compounds

witchingadj.n.2adv.

witchingn.¹

witchingn.³

witchingadj.n.²adv.