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Witch hazel   /wɪtʃ hˈeɪzəl/   Listen
Witch hazel

noun
1.
Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Hamamelis; bark yields an astringent lotion.  Synonyms: witch hazel plant, wych hazel, wych hazel plant.
2.
Lotion consisting of an astringent alcoholic solution containing an extract from the witch hazel plant.  Synonym: wych hazel.



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"Witch hazel" Quotes from Famous Books



... pull Bully and Bawly out of bed, for the pestiferous insects weren't strong enough, they nipped the frog boys all over, until their legs and arms and faces and noses and ears smarted and burned terribly, and their mamma had to put witch hazel and talcum powder ...
— Bully and Bawly No-Tail • Howard R. Garis

... hurt considerably and he was anxious to get back to camp, that he might wash it and bathe it with witch hazel. ...
— Guns And Snowshoes • Captain Ralph Bonehill

... matter with the back of your head? [he was rubbing it with extract of witch hazel]. Answer: It is sore, it hurts me. Q. Well! As soon as one part is better another gets out of order? etc. A. Do you know it was all revealed to me and foretold [beginning to weep]. Q. When? In your novitiate? A. Yes. Q. But not all the details ...
— Life of Father Hecker • Walter Elliott

... on, Maggie!" said Mrs. Cassidy, laughing and applying witch hazel, "you're only jealous. Your old man is too frapped and slow to ever give you a punch. He just sits down and practises physical culture with a newspaper when he comes home—now ...
— The Trimmed Lamp and Others • O Henry

... went into Training in a Stable. He had a yellow Punching Bag, a Sponge, a Bath-Robe and several Towels. Two Paper-Hangers who were out of Work acted as his Trainers. They rubbed him with Witch Hazel all day, and in the Evening the Boy stood around in a Sweater and Talked out of the corner of his Mouth. He said he was Trained to the Minute, as Hard as Nails and Fit as a Fiddle, and he would make Mr. Unknown jump out of ...
— Fables in Slang • George Ade



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