Index of English words, starting with "wi"

(1) - Wit (v.) A person of eminent sense or knowledge; a man of genius, fancy, or humor; one distinguished for bright or amusing sayings, for repartee, and the like.
(2) - Wit (v.) Felicitous association of objects not usually connected, so as to produce a pleasant surprise; also. the power of readily combining objects in such a manner.
(3) - Wit (v.) A mental faculty, or power of the mind; -- used in this sense chiefly in the plural, and in certain phrases; as, to lose one's wits; at one's wits' end, and the like.
(4) - Wit (v.) Mind; intellect; understanding; sense.
(5) - Wit (n.) To know; to learn.
(6) - Wit(t)ing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wit
(7) - Wit (inf.) of Wit

(1) - Witch (v. t.) To bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant.
(2) - Witch (n.) The stormy petrel.
(3) - Witch (n.) A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.
(4) - Witch (n.) One who exercises more than common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person; also, one given to mischief; -- said especially of a woman or child.
(5) - Witch (n.) An ugly old woman; a hag.
(6) - Witch (n.) One who practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as possessing supernatural or magical power by compact with an evil spirit, esp. with the Devil; a sorcerer or sorceress; -- now applied chiefly or only to women, but formerly used of men as well.
(7) - Witch (n.) A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper.