Witching

noun
1.
the use or practice of witchcraft.
2.
fascination; charm; enchantment.
adjective
3.
of, characterized by, or suitable for sorcery or black magic:
a witching potion.
4.
enchanting; fascinating.
noun
1.
a person, now especially a woman, who professes or is supposed to practice magic or sorcery; a sorceress.
Compare warlock.
2.
a woman who is supposed to have evil or wicked magical powers:
witches in black robes and pointed hats.
3.
an ugly or mean old woman; hag:
the old witch who used to own this building.
4.
a person who uses a divining rod; dowser.
verb (used with object)
5.
to bring by or as by witchcraft (often followed by into, to, etc.):
She witched him into going.
6.
Archaic. to affect as if by witchcraft; bewitch; charm.
verb (used without object)
7.
to prospect with a divining rod; dowse.
adjective
8.
of, relating to, or designed as protection against witches.
adjective
1.
relating to or appropriate for witchcraft
2.
(rare) bewitching
noun
3.
witchcraft; magic
noun
1.
historically, in mythology and fiction, a woman believed to practise magic or sorcery, esp black magic
2.
a practitioner of a Nature-based religion founded on ancient beliefs, which honours both a male and female divine principle and includes the practice of magic, esp healing magic, and divination
3.
(informal, derogatory) an ugly or wicked woman
4.
a fascinating or enchanting woman
5.
short for water witch
verb
6.
(transitive) to cause or change by or as if by witchcraft
7.
a less common word for bewitch
noun
1.
a flatfish, Pleuronectes (or Glyptocephalus) cynoglossus, of N Atlantic coastal waters, having a narrow greyish-brown body marked with tiny black spots: family Pleuronectidae (plaice, flounders, etc)
witch

Occurs only in Ex. 22:18, as the rendering of _mekhashshepheh_, the feminine form of the word, meaning “enchantress” (R.V., “sorceress”), and in Deut. 18:10, as the rendering of _mekhashshepheth_, the masculine form of the word, meaning “enchanter.”