Phrase guide
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noun
Fungus of species Phallus impudicus, a type of stinkhorn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, mycology, natural-sciences
Synonyms: witch's egg, wood witch
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A modern, solitary witch who focuses on herbalism and shamanic experience (hedge riding).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: lifestyle, paganism, religion
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noun
An inferior or small-scale witch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fantasy
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History
* (type of witch): Circa 1990s. From hedge (“boundary”) + witch, where the boundary is that separating this world from the spirit world, which is traversed during hedge riding. Possibly coined or popularised by Rae Beth (1990), Hedge Witch: A Guide to Solitary Witchcraft, London: Robert Hale, →ISBN. * (fantasy): Circa 1980s. From hedge (“third-rate”) + witch. Compare hedge priest, hedge wizard.
