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Spirits (Elemental)

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There are four sorts of elemental spirits, which rule respectively over the four elements. The fire spirits are Salamanders; the water spirits Undines (2 syl.); the air spirits Sylphs; and the earth spirits Gnomes (1 syl.).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Spigot
Spilt Milk
Spindle-half
Spinning Jenny
Spinoza’s System
Spinster
Spirit
Spirit-writing
Spirits
Spirits (Elemental)
Spirited Away
Spiritual Mother
Spiritualism or Spiritism
Spirt or Spurt
Spitalfields (London)
Spite of His Teeth (In)
Spitfire
Spitting for Luck
Spittle or Spital
Spittle Sermons