obeist

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Indies (where, I am told, it is rapidly gaining ground again); and whether the _obeist_ obtains the immense power he is said to possess over his brother negroes by any acquired art, or simply by working upon the more superstitious {60} minds of his companions.

Notes and Queries, Number 65, January 25, 1851 Various