The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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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. [Scot.]
She was uncertain if it were the gypsy or her wraith.
--Sir W. Scott.O, hollow wraith of dying fame.
--Tennyson. Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over the waters; -- called also water wraith.
--M. G. Lewis.
Usage examples of "water wraith".
As we floated through the desert world, blinking in the harsh light of the G2 sun and drinking water from the air/water wraith-gut pouches we had brought with us, our final couple of days on Sol Draconi Septem seemed like a quickly fading dream to me.
And so Vestress w~aited calmly until the water wraith's glee wound down, and then she laid out to Iskor the terms meant to entice an Underdark drow to travel to the realm of the Kraken.