The new international encyclopaedia . eschiedenis derUeksenprocessen (Haarlem, 1828) ; Scott, Let-ters on Demonology and Witeheraft (new ed.,London, 1884); Wright, Narratives of Sorceryand Magic (ib., 1851); Sharpe, Historical Ac-count of the Belief in Witchcraft in Scotland(ib., 1884); Ashton, The Ueail in lirilain andAmerica (ib., 1806) ; Upham, History of theSalem Delusion (new ed., Boston, 18(17). SeeHusioNOLOfiY; Maoic; Satanism. WITCH-HAZEL {UamamcHs Virgininna). ANorth American shrub of the natural order Ham-amelidacciE. It sometimes attains a height of 20or 30 feet. The clustered, yell
The new international encyclopaedia . eschiedenis derUeksenprocessen (Haarlem, 1828) ; Scott, Let-ters on Demonology and Witeheraft (new ed.,London, 1884); Wright, Narratives of Sorceryand Magic (ib., 1851); Sharpe, Historical Ac-count of the Belief in Witchcraft in Scotland(ib., 1884); Ashton, The Ueail in lirilain andAmerica (ib., 1806) ; Upham, History of theSalem Delusion (new ed., Boston, 18(17). SeeHusioNOLOfiY; Maoic; Satanism. WITCH-HAZEL {UamamcHs Virgininna). ANorth American shrub of the natural order Ham-amelidacciE. It sometimes attains a height of 20or 30 feet. The clustered, yellow, showy flowersappear in very late autumn; the fruits ripen thefollowing year. The English name is derivedfrom the supposed virtues of a forked twig as adivining rod. The name is usually spelled asabox-e, though some insist on the form wych-hazel. A fluid extract made froin the leaves. niTCH-HAZKL. is used as a tonic, sedative, and astringent. Thebark, which is similarly employed, contains tan-nin, resin, and a volatile oil, is bitter andastringent, and has a sweetish pungent taste. Itsre|mtation is probably , as seveialinvestigators have failed to find any active physi-ological properties in it. WITCH OF ATIiAS, The. A poem writtenin Italy in the winter of 1810-20, by PercyBysshe Shelley, and published in London in 1824. WITCH OF EDMONTON, The. A play byRowley, Dekker. and Ford, acted in 1623 andprinted in 1058. It was founded on the storyof Elizabeth Sawyer, who was himted down bypeasants and hanged as a witch. WITCH OF ENDOR. See Endob. WITENAGEMOT, wlte-na-ge-mot (AS., as-sembly of counselors). The supreme council of theEnglish nation in Anglo-Saxon times. Each of theseparate kingdoms in the so-called heptarchy () WITENAGEMOT. 604 WITHROW. had its Witenagemot, and when the kingdomswere brought under a common overlord he hadhis Witenagemot. The me
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