ghostlesst (gostles)

[ Works are the breath of faith, the proofs by which we may judge whether it live. If you feel them not, the faith is ghost le . Dr. R. Clarke , Sermons, p. 473. ghostlike (gōst'lik), a. [ ghost + like2 .] a ghost or specter; deathlike. Thy thinne cheeke, hollow eye, And ghostlike colour, speake the mystery Thou wouldst, but canst not live by. Like Nubbes , Hannibal and Scipio. ghostline (gōst'li-nos), n. The state or quality of being ghostly. ghostly (gost'li), a. [With inserted h, as in ghost ; gostly , gostlich , earlier gastly , gastlich , gastlic , gæstlic , of a spirit, spiritual (= OS. gēstlik = OFries. gāstlik , gāstelik , iestlik D. geestelijk = OHG. geistlih , MHG. geistlich, geislich , G. geistlich , spiritual, = Dan. geistlig , clerical), gast , spirit, a spirit, + -lic , -ly1.] 1. Having to do with the soul or spirit; spiritual; not of the flesh; not carnal or secular. He that cane noghte lufe this bly ed name Ihesu ne dirfull swetnes in this lyfe here. fynd ne fele in it gastely joye and deli tabi lite, with won Hampole , Prose Treatises (E. E. T. S.), p. 43. The life of man upon earth is nothing else than a war fare and continual afflict with his ghostly enemies. Becon , Works (Parker Soc.), II. 542. The writer of this legend then records Its ghostly application in these words. Long fellow, Morituri Salutamus. 2. Pertaining or relating to apparitions; of ghostlike character; spectral; supernatural: as, ghostly sounds; a ghostly visitant. I have no sorcerer's malison on me, No ghostly hauntings like his Highne . Tennyson, Prince , ii. ghostlyt (gōst'li), adv. [ The mor we com, and gostly for to speke, This Diomede is come unto Crysede.