Ghost

gōst, n. the soul of man: a spirit appearing after death: ( Shak. ) a dead body: ( slang ) one who writes a statesman's speeches for him, .— v.i. to appear to.— adj. Ghost′-like .— n. Ghost′line .— adj. Ghost′ly , spiritual, religious: pertaining to apparitions.— ns. Ghost′-moth , a species of moth very common in Britain, its caterpillar destructive to hop-gardens; Ghost′-stō′ry , a story in which ghosts figure; Ghost′-word , a fictitious word that has originated in the blunder of a scribe or printer—common in dictionaries.— Give up the ghost ( B. ), to die.— Holy Ghost , the Holy Spirit, the third person in the Trinity. [A.S. gást ; Ger. geist .]