Anything effective against evil spirits.

A charm worn as a protection against magic or witchcraft; an amulet.

A shoe for a horse, now usually formed of a narrow iron plate bent to the outline of the horse's hoof and nailed to the animal's foot.

a flat stone with a natural perforation, used as a charm against witchcraft.

(a) a puffball fungus; (b) a tumbleweed; (c) a hollow ball of decorated, usually coloured or silvered glass, originally used as a charm against…