wood spirit
Americannoun
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(especially in folklore) a supernatural, incorporeal being believed to inhabit the forest.
noun
Etymology
Origin of wood spirit
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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“I’ve got a crystal ball, and I’ve got a wood spirit hanging in my office,” head coach Mike Zimmer said.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 1, 2018
She moved through the trees as quickly as a wood spirit.
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
Cahours and Kraemer's and Godzki's observations on the higher fractions of crude wood spirit, in fact, furnish a precedent for this view.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 by Various
Hofmann violets discovered; leading to manufacture of methyl iodide from iodine, phosphorus, and wood spirit.
From Coal and What We Get from It by Meldola, Raphael
Or sometimes again she is like a wood spirit, or an elemental creature such as was Undine.
From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)
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