Thesaurus: spright

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1. n. Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood.
2. n. A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost.
3. n. A kind of short arrow.
4. v. t. To haunt, as a spright.
5. 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. To haunt, as a spright. [Obs.] Shak.
6. To haunt, as a spright. [Obs.] Shak.