"witch ball" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
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          "ref": "1965, Ruth E. St. Leger-Gordon, Witchcraft and Folklore of Dartmoor, page xviii. 156",
          "text": "To prevent the possibility of over-looking, it was only necessary to direct the glance elsewhere. This intention lay behind the coloured glass \"witch-balls\" hung in cottage windows; the garlands of flowers or bright berried branches nailed above the stable and cowshed doors or placed around the necks of cattle. [...] All were in the nature of red herrings to attract this important first glance.",
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        "A hollow sphere of plain or stained glass hung in windows in 18th-century England to ward off evil spirits, witches' spells or ill fortune."
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "witchball"
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          "word": "witch-ball"
        }
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      "wikipedia": [
        "witch ball"
      ]
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  "word": "witch ball"
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    {
      "form": "witch balls",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1965, Ruth E. St. Leger-Gordon, Witchcraft and Folklore of Dartmoor, page xviii. 156",
          "text": "To prevent the possibility of over-looking, it was only necessary to direct the glance elsewhere. This intention lay behind the coloured glass \"witch-balls\" hung in cottage windows; the garlands of flowers or bright berried branches nailed above the stable and cowshed doors or placed around the necks of cattle. [...] All were in the nature of red herrings to attract this important first glance.",
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      ],
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        "A hollow sphere of plain or stained glass hung in windows in 18th-century England to ward off evil spirits, witches' spells or ill fortune."
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "witch ball"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "witchball"
    },
    {
      "word": "witch-ball"
    }
  ],
  "word": "witch ball"
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