Found 2 items, similar to Wraith.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: wraith
wraith
n : a mental representation of some haunting experience;
“he
looked like he had seen a ghost”;
“it aroused specters
from his past” [syn:
ghost,
shade,
spook,
specter,
spectre]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Wraith
Wraith
\Wraith\, n. [Scot. wraith, warth; probably originally, a
guardian angel, from Icel. v["o]r[eth]r a warden, guardian,
akin to E. ward. See
Ward a guard.]
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1. An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen
before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a
specter; a vision; an unreal image. [Scot.]
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She was uncertain if it were the gypsy or her
wraith. --Sir W.
Scott.
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O, hollow wraith of dying fame. --Tennyson.
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2. Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over
the waters; -- called also
water wraith. --M. G. Lewis.
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