ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Witch-meal

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Witch-meal is a noun meaning (obsolete) A flash powder made from club moss; vegetable sulphur.

Meaning

(obsolete) A flash powder made from club moss; vegetable sulphur.

Example Sentences

[…] 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[…]

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Related dictionary entries include witchmeal, meat, noonmeat, woodmeil, mese, bonemeal.

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