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wraith |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] 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.] She was uncertain if it were the gypsy or her wraith. --Sir W. Scott. O, hollow wraith of dying fame. --Tennyson. 2. Sometimes improperly, a spirit thought to preside over the waters; -- called also {water wraith}. --M. G. Lewis. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}]
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