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Wi(t)chit, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. witched (1591).] Bewitched, affected by witchcraft. —(a) 1590–1 Crim. Trials I ii 232.
Fylit that sche had foir-knawledge be hir wichcraft of diseasit persounes, gif thay wald leue or nocht; or quha wes wichit persounes —(b) 1603 Shetland Sheriff Ct. (ed.) 90.
Mareoun in Houle is dempt to quite hirselff of sending of witchit milk to Mareoun in Uverasound
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