spirit writing
noun
writing allegedly produced by spirits or supernatural forces.
Origin of spirit writing
1First recorded in 1870–75
Words Nearby spirit writing
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How to use spirit writing in a sentence
The "spirit writing" consists of unmeaning, unintelligible scribbling scrawls, and very rarely containing any letters or words.
Second Edition of A Discovery Concerning Ghosts | George CruikshankWhen a pair of closed slates is brought, he barely touches them, and the spirit writing begins.
I have been reading lately a curious work from an old German in Paris who has been making experiments in spirit-writing.
Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled from Her Letters and Journals | Charles Edward StoweThen it was held under the table, and in a few seconds covered with ‘spirit-writing.’
The Mystery of a Turkish Bath | E.M. Gollan (AKA Rita)The words might have been spirit-writing, they might have meant anything.
At the Villa Rose | A. E. W. Mason
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