An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.
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Fairy.
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Enchantment; illusion.
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A fairy; an elf.
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A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition. See Spright.
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A mythical person who makes children sleepy, so that they rub their eyes as if there were sand in them.
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An imaginary good-natured spirit, who was supposed often to perform important services around the house by night, such as thrashing, churning, sweepi…
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The hub of a wheel. See Hub.
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A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft.
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An old English name for a fairy; an elf.
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Alt. of Pixie
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