witcheries

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

“witcheries” is listed under Witchery.

Witch′er·y noun; pl. Witcheries (…).

1. Sorcery; enchantment; witchcraft.

Great Comus, Deep skilled in all his mother's witcheries.— John Milton
A woman infamous... for witcheries.— Sir Walter Scott

2. Fascination; irresistible influence; enchantment.

He never felt The witchery of the soft blue sky.— William Wordsworth
The dear, dear witchery of song.— William Cullen Bryant

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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