wraith

[Wraith]

If you have a vision of your grandfather just before he passes away, you have seen a wraith or a ghostly image. Wraith can also mean something thin, wispy, or ghost like.

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An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image.

Noun
a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"


n.
An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image.

n.
Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over the waters; -- called also water wraith.


Wraith

Wraith , n. [Scot. wraith, warth; probably originally, a guardian angel, from Icel. v'94r'ebr a warden, guardian, akin to E. ward. See Ward a guard.] 1. An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image. [Scot.]
She was uncertain if it were the gypsy or her wraith.
O, hollow wraith of dying fame.
2. Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over the waters; -- called also water wraith. M. G. Lewis.

An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image.

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