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witching
(witch|ing)
noun
[
mass noun
]
the practice of witchcraft:
[
as modifier
]
:
my hideous appearance and witching skills
Phrases
the witching hour
midnight (with reference to the belief that witches are active and magic takes place at that time).
[with allusion to
the witching time of night
from Shakespeare's
Hamlet
(
iii
. ii. 377)]
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