noun (uncountable)

1. Small beads made from polished shells, formerly used as money and jewelry by certain Native American peoples
2. (informal) Money

noun

1. A ceremonial headdress, decorated with a trail extension of eagle feathers, worn by by some American Indians

noun

1. The male equivalent of witch.
2. (obsolete) A traitor or oath-breaker.
3. (obsolete) The Devil, Satan; a demon.
4. (originally Scotland and Northern UK) A man in league with the Devil; a male magic-user, a wizard.

noun

1. a course of action that leads to battle or hostility

noun

1. a domed hut, similar to a wigwam, used by some semi-nomadic Native American tribes.
   
2. • 1992: At that time there were still indians camped on the western plains and late in the day he passed in his riding a scattered group of their wickiups propped upon that scoured and trembling waste. " Cormac McCarthy?, All the Pretty Horses

noun

1. A woman whose husband has died (and has not re-married)
2. (informal, in combination) A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport etc

1. • A golf-
     1. (printing) a single line of type, that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column

noun

1. A man whose wife has died (and who has not re-married)

noun (wives)

1. A marry, married woman.
2. The female of a pair of mated animals.

A new for the gander is introduced into the pen.

1. (context, Geordie, dialect) A woman (compare old wife and aad wife).

noun

1. A Native American dwelling having an arched framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats.

noun

1. Spelling variant of wickiup

noun

1. A (usually female) person who is learned in and actively practices witchcraft (according to the OED, its use in the masculine is "now only dialectal").
2. (derogatory) An ugly or unpleasant woman.

I hate that old witch.

verb to witch (third-person singular simple present witches, present participle witching, simple past witched, past participle witched)

1. to dowse for water

noun

1. The practice of witches; magic, sorcery or the use supernatural powers to influence or predict events.

noun

1. A person who is believed to heal through magical powers; a shaman.