Witch"er*y (?), n; pl. Witcheries ().

1.

Sorcery; enchantment; witchcraft.

Great Comus, Deep skilled in all his mother's witcheries. Milton.

A woman infamous . . . for witcheries. Sir W. Scott.

2.

Fascination; irresistible influence; enchantment.

He never felt The witchery of the soft blue sky. Wordsworth.

The dear, dear witchery of song. Bryant.

 

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