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wraith
(mass) | wraith
- prízak |
wraith
(encz) | wraith,přízrak n: Zdeněk Brož |
wraith
(encz) | wraith,zjevení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Wraith
(gcide) | 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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wraith
(wn) | wraith
n 1: 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, wraith,
specter, spectre] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
wraith
(mass) | wraith
- prízak |
wraith
(encz) | wraith,přízrak n: Zdeněk Brožwraith,zjevení n: Zdeněk Brož |
wraithlike
(encz) | wraithlike, adj: |
water wraith
(gcide) | 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.]
[1913 Webster]
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.]
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over
the waters; -- called also water wraith. --M. G. Lewis.
[1913 Webster] |
wraith
(wn) | wraith
n 1: 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, wraith,
specter, spectre] |
wraithlike
(wn) | wraithlike
adj 1: lacking in substance; "strange fancies of unreal and
shadowy worlds"- W.A.Butler; "dim shadowy forms"; "a
wraithlike column of smoke" [syn: shadowy,
wraithlike] |
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