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Webster 1913 Edition
Phantom
Phan′tom
,Noun.
[OE.
fantome
, fantosme
, fantesme
, OF. fantôme
, fr. L. phantasma
, Gr. φάντασμα
, fr. φαίνειν
to show. See Fancy
, and cf. Phaëton
, Phantasm
, Phase
.] That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image.
Strange
phantoms
rising as the mists arise. Pope.
She was a
phantom
of delight. Wordsworth.
Phantom ship
. See
– Flying Dutchman
, under Flying
. Phantom tumor
(Med.)
, a swelling, especially of the abdomen, due to muscular spasm, accumulation of flatus, etc., simulating an actual tumor in appearance, but disappearing upon the administration of an anæsthetic.
Webster 1828 Edition
Phantom
PHAN'TOM
,Noun.
1.
Something that appears; an apparition; a specter. Strange phantoms rising as the mists arise.
2.
A fancied vision.