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SPRIGHTS
Noun
sprights
plural of spright
Source: Wiktionary
SPRIGHT
Spright, n. Etym: [See Sprite.]
1. Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood. [Obs.] "The high heroic spright." Spenser. Wondrous great grief groweth in my spright. Spenser.
2. A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost. Forth he called, out of deep darkness dread, Legions of sprights. Spenser. To thee, O Father, Son, and Sacred Spright. Fairfax.
3. A kind of short arrow. [Obs.] Bacon.
Spright, v. t.
Definition: To haunt, as a spright. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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