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White witch. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1928, rev. 2024. White witch sb. (Also with hyphen.) [WHITE a. 7 b.] A witch (or wizard) of a good disposition; one who uses witchcraft for beneficent purposes; one who practises ‘white magic.’

1 1621.  Burton, Anat. Mel., II. i. I. i. 289. Sorcerers are too common, Cunning men, Wisards, & white-witches, as they call them, in every village.

2 1689.  C. Mather, Mem. Provid. (1691), 95. Creatures that they call White Witches, which do only Good-Turns for their Neighbours.

3 1715.  Addison, Drummer, II. i. The common people call him a wizard, a white-witch.

4 1746.  Exmoor Courtship (E.D.S.), 440. Tha Whit Witch.

5 1806.  J. Carr, Stranger in Irel., 265. The white witch … at Exeter,… who has female agents to whom she has imparted a portion of her magic, in almost every village, who have the property of discovering pilferers and stopping blood.

6 1855.  Kingsley, Westw. Ho! i. When he had warts or burns, he went to the white witch at Northam to charm them away.

7   Hence White-witch v. (nonce-wd.), trans. to bewitch by ‘white magic,’ or in a beneficent way.

8 1917.  Contemp. Rev., Nov., 585. The cows were white-witched. Milk came in such abundance as no memory records.

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