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A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin.

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  1. n. A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin.
  2. n. The chimaera.
  3. n. someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
  4. n. a mental representation of some haunting experience
  5. v. frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action
  6. 1. A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin. [Written also spuke.] Ld. Lytton. 2. (Zoöl.) The chimæra.
  7. The chimæra.
  8. n:25/v:75 v. frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action