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Sprite

A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition. See Spright.

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Brownie 76% connected

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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Dwarf 76% connected

An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being.

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Elf 76% connected

An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild plac…

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Gnome 76% connected

An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines, quarries, etc.

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Hob 76% connected

The hub of a wheel. See Hub.

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Imp 76% connected

A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft.

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Oberon 76% connected

The king of the fairies, and husband of Titania or Queen Mab.

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Pixie 76% connected

An old English name for a fairy; an elf.

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Pixy 76% connected

Alt. of Pixie

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Puck 76% connected

A celebrated fairy, "the merry wanderer of the night;" -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc.

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Robin Goodfellow 76% connected

A celebrated fairy; Puck. See Puck.

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Water nymph 76% connected

A goddess of any stream or other body of water, whether one of the Naiads, Nereids, or Oceanides.

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Water sprite 76% connected

A sprite, or spirit, imagined as inhabiting the water.

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Faery 92% connected

Fairy.

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Fairy 92% connected

Enchantment; illusion.

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Fay 92% connected

A fairy; an elf.

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