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Webster 1913 Edition
Spright
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.
Syn. – sprite.
Forth he called, out of deep darkness dread,
Legions of
Legions of
sprights
. Spenser.
To thee, O Father, Son, and Sacred
Spright
. Fairfax.
3.
A kind of short arrow.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
Spright
,Verb.
T.
To haunt, as a spright.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Spright
SPRIGHT
, SPRITE,Noun.
1.
A spirit; a shade; a soul; an incorporeal agent.Forth he calld, out of deep darkness dread, legions of sprights.
And gaping graves receivd the guilty spright.
2.
A walking spirit; an apparition.3.
Power which gives cheerfulness or courage.Hold thou my heart, establish thou mu sprights. [Not in use.]
4.
An arrow. [Not in use.]SPRIGHT
,Verb.
T.