Usage examples for obeah:

• For me, I'll throw a shilling to an Obeah man any time I see one, and I won't play any tricks with charms if I know enough about them to keep away." "Plotting in Pirate Seas" – Francis Rolt-Wheeler

• " But obeah wouldn't have any effect on East Indian coolies," objected Stuart. "Plotting in Pirate Seas" – Francis Rolt-Wheeler

• Nevertheless, it is a fact beyond doubt that among the negroes both of the West Indies and the United States there is a widespread belief in the powers of the Obeah man. "Bat Wing" – Sax Rohmer

• Also, Lemaire came from Martinique, which, after Haiti, is the headquarters of Obeah and worse, of voodoo. "Beggars on Horseback" – F. Tennyson Jesse