Note 164 — Chapter X · Witchcraft.
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Mr. Métivier derives this word “quéraud,” meaning enchanter, or “maître sorcier,” from the old French charay, caral, meaning magical type or letter. “In dog Latin Caraco was the writer or engraver of occult characters, and in the old French version of “Le Roman du Lancelot du Lac” it says that “Morgain, la seur au Roi Artur, sceut des enchantements et des caraulx plus que nulle femme.””