GH'ASTFULLY, adverb Frightfully.

GH'ASTLINESS, noun [from ghastly.] Horror of countenance; a deathlike look; resemblance of a ghost; paleness.

GH'ASTLY, adjective [Eng. gush, gust.]

1. Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; dismal; as a ghastly face; ghastly smiles.

2. Horrible; shocking; dreadful.

Mangled with ghastly wounds.

GH'ASTNESS, noun Ghastliness. [Not used.]

GHER'KIN, noun A small pickled cucumber.

GHESS, for guess. [Not used.]

GHOST, noun [See Ghastly.]

1. Spirit; the soul of man.

In this sense seldom used. But hence,

2. The soul of a deceased person; the soul or spirit separate from the body; an apparition.

The mighty ghosts of our great Harrys rose.

To give up the ghost is to die; to yield up the breath or spirit; to expire.

The Holy ghost is the third person in the adorable Trinity.

GHOST, verb intransitive To die; to expire.

GHOST, verb transitive To haunt with an apparition.

GHOSTLIKE, adjective Withered; having sunken eyes; ghastly.

GHOSTLINESS, noun Spiritual tendency. [Little used.]

GHOSTLY, adjective Spiritual; relating to the soul; not carnal or secular.

Save and defend us from our ghostly enemies.

1. Spiritual; having a character from religion; as a ghostly father.

2. Pertaining to apparitions.