s. f, witch, a wizard, an old woman reputed to have an evil eye, a female goblin; met. an old ugly woman:—ḍaiṇ de kuchchhaṛ muṇḍá deṉá, hoṉá. To entrust a child to a witch's lap, (said of a child entrusted to one's natural foe).—Prov. used of all things entrusted to the care of one's bitter enemy.