Spright (?), n. [See Sprite.]
1.
Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood.
[Obs.] "The high heroic
spright."
<-- similar to sprite, now most often used. Any difference? -->
Spenser.
Wondrous great grief groweth in my spright.
Spenser.
2.
A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost.
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.
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Spright, v. t.
To haunt, as a spright.
[Obs.]
Shak.
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