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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Spright \Spright\ (spr[imac]t), noun [See {Sprite}.]
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 sprights. --Spenser.
To thee, O Father, Son, and Sacred Spright. --Fairfax.
3. A kind of short arrow. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Spright \Spright\, verb (used with an object) To haunt, as a spright. [Obs.] --Shak.
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