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witchmeal

witchmeal is the alternative form of witch-meal.

Meaning of witch-meal

Noun

witch-meal (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A flash powder made from club moss; vegetable sulphur.
    • […] substance which Graine knew to be 'witch-meal'; the seeds of dried lycopodium moss; the other set the dust on fire with a burning stick, the flame pursuing the flying particles till they were consumed, when the light flashed out[…]1915, Alice Mona CAIRD, The Stones of Sacrifice, page 275

Questions about witchmeal

What is witchmeal the alternative form of?
Witchmeal is the alternative form of witch-meal.

Words near witchmeal in the dictionary

  1. witchlike
  2. witchling
  3. witchlings
  4. witchly
  5. witchman
  6. witchmeal
  7. witchmen
  8. witchmonger
  9. witchmongers
  10. witcho
  11. witchoo

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