spec. A person who professed to discover if a woman were a witch by sticking pins into her (see prick, v. 1d). Scottish. Now historical.
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| 释义 | the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > witch > [noun] > one who detects witches (2) pricker1661 spec. A person who professed to discover if a woman were a witch by sticking pins into her (see prick, v. 1d). Scottish. Now historical. witch-pricker1841 a person who claims to discover if a person is a witch by sticking pins into that person's skin; cf. pricker, n. 2b. |
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