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Meaning of witch-meal | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A flash powder made from club moss; vegetable sulphur.

obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“[…] 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[…]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

witch-smeller witch, sorceress witch's bells witch's besom witch's bridle witch's broom

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