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A mental representation of some haunting experience
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wraith
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n. A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death.
WordNet
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n. a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past" [syn: ghost , shade , spook , specter , spectre ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Wraith \Wraith\, n. [Scot. wraith, warth; probably originally, a guardian angel, from Icel. v["o]r[eth]r a warden, guardian, akin to E. ward. See Ward a guard.] An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, ...
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redirect Wraith (Marvel Comics)#Brian DeWolff Category:Characters created by Bill Mantlo Category:Characters created by Sal Buscema Category:Comics characters introduced in 1976
Usage examples of wraith.
Pe Ell and Walker Boh glaring at each other from opposite corners of the hut - harsh, dark wraiths come from exacting worlds, their silent looks full of warning.
Brother Justice, fell to his wraith knees before the dactyl, bowed his head, and spoke.
The wraith gasps and almost falls off the monitor as if he can totally empathize with the dextral flare.
I did the grownups would probably not let you read this book - Cruels and Hags and Incubuses, Wraiths, Horrors, Efreets, Sprites, Orknies, Wooses, and Ettins.
She had been reduced to a wraith in a brown etamine shift embroidered with starsigns.
At this distance, Dinney and little Hunkie were faint wraiths rather than realities.
The two of them rose, walked out into the yard together, and after Solander checked to see that no one who mattered was looking, Wraith walked through the gate.
Wraith saw a hard-faced older boy coming toward the pantry where he and Solander picked out supplies for him, Smoke, and Jess.
Watching them, Solander was reminded that he would have to create identities for Wraith and his friends if they were to be successfully hidden in plain sight within the household.
Wraith by the long way, though, for Solander already had the lens fitted against the spell-projector and was connecting them when Wraith finally tapped at his door.
She stood there staring at Wraith, and Solander saw something pass between them: some spark, some understanding.
Her voice faded, and Solander saw her lower her lashes and angle her glance toward Wraith for just an instant.
Wraith kept pace with her without any trouble, but poor Solander kept getting left behind.
She glared at Solander with murderous eyes, and Wraith watched Solander shrink in on himself.
They slipped behind the walls, and Wraith noticed that now both Velyn and Solander stared around them as if unable to believe their eyes.