Bible Dictionaries
Sylph
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.
(2):
(n.) Fig.: A slender, graceful woman.
(3):
(n.) Any one of several species of very brilliant South American humming birds, having a very long and deeply-forked tail; as, the blue-tailed sylph (Cynanthus cyanurus).
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sylph'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sylph.html. 1828.