GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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1.       
   Spright , n. [See Sprite.]
   Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood. [Obs.] “The high heroic spright.” 
   Spenser.
   
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   Wondrous great grief groweth in my spright.
   Spenser.
   
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   A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost.
   Syn. -- sprite.
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   Forth he called, out of deep darkness dread,
   Legions of sprights.
   Spenser.
   
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   To thee, O Father, Son, and Sacred Spright.
   Fairfax.
   
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   A kind of short arrow. [Obs.]
   Bacon.
   
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   Spright, v. t. To haunt, as a spright. [Obs.]
   Shak.
   
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