Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A knot or snarl, especially in the hair, supposed to be caused by witchcraft. Compare
elf , v., and elf-lock.
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Examples
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Zofia licked a floury thumb and made a gesture toward the witch-knot on the rafters, garlic and barley stalks.
The Goblin Mirror Cherryh, C. J. 1992
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Zofia licked a floury thumb and made a gesture toward the witch-knot on the rafters, garlic and barley stalks.
The Goblin Mirror Cherryh, C. J. 1992
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I had tried a 'rose-knot,' a 'witch-knot,' a 'chaise-driver's knot,' and a 'running-knot,' wi 'every kind o' knot that fingers could twist the neckcloth into, but the confounded starch made every ane look waur than anither.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII Alexander Leighton 1837
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