Definition for GHAST'LY

GHAST'LY, a. [Sax. gastlic, from gast, spirit, G. geist, D. geest. In Sax. gast is both a ghost and a guest, both from the same radical sense, to move, to rush; Ir. gaisim, to flow; Eng. gush, gust.]

Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; dismal; as, a ghastly face; ghastly smiles. Milton. 2. Horrible; shocking; dreadful. Mangled with ghastly wounds. Milton.

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