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Water witch   Listen
noun
Water witch  n.  (Zool.)
(a)
The dabchick.
(b)
The stormy petrel. (Prov. Eng.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Water witch" Quotes from Famous Books



... which changed the whole tenor of his career. In that year, the steamer "General Jackson," owned by Jacob Vanderbilt (a brother of the famous Commodore), and plying between New York and Peekskill, blew up at Grassy Point. A friend of Mr. Drew at once put a boat called the "Water Witch" in her place, and Mr. Drew, to oblige his friend, advanced one thousand dollars toward the enterprise. Commodore Vanderbilt was not willing that any rival should contest the river trade with him, and built a steamer called the "Cinderella," with which ...
— Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made • James D. McCabe, Jr.



Words linked to "Water witch" :   dowser, rhabdomancer



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