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Ignis fatuus

A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal or vegetable substances, or by some inflammable gas; -- popularly called also Will-with-the-wisp, or Will-o'-the-wisp, and Jack-with-a-lantern, or Jack-o'-lantern.

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Fancy 76% connected

The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into…

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Fantasy 76% connected

Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor.

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Illusion 76% connected

An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery; hallucination.

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Light 76% connected

That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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Phantasy 76% connected

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Jack-o'-lantern 92% connected

See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack.

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Will-o'-the-wisp 92% connected

See Ignis fatuus.

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