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Definition of Sprites
1. Noun. Atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves).
Definition of Sprites
1. Noun. (plural of sprite) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sprites
1. sprite [n] - See also: sprite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sprites
Literary usage of Sprites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Jones Readers by Grades by Lewis Henry Jones (1904)
"slen'der fire'wood THE FIRE sprites sprites troop'ing hewn flue 1. ... The sprites
were happy in those days. But by and by the old tree died. ..."
2. Jones Readers by Grades by Lewis Henry Jones (1904)
"slen'der fire'wood THE FIRE sprites sprites troop'ing hewn flue 1. ... The sprites
were happy in those days. But by and by the old tree died. ..."
3. The Jones First [-fifth] Reader by Lewis Henry Jones (1903)
"slen'der fire'wood THE FIRE sprites sprites troop'ing hewn flue 1. ... The sprites
were happy in those days. But by and by the old tree died. ..."
4. Notes on the Folk-lore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders by William Henderson (1866)
"THE Land o'Cakes is well known to be haunted by many kinds of sprites and goblins,
some of which have found their way across the Cheviots, while the North ..."
5. The World's Best Poetry by Bliss Carman (1904)
"FAIRIES : ELVES : sprites. QUEEN MAR FROM " ROMEO AND JULIET," ACT I. SC. 4.
O, THEN, I see, Queen Slab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife ..."
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