a. [f. SPECTRE sb. 1.] Filled with spectres; converted into a spectre; resembling a spectre.
1791. Wolcot (P. Pindar), Lousiad, III. Wks. 1794, I. 269. Amidst the spectred solitude of sleep.
1803. T. G. Fessenden (C. Caustic), Poet. Petit. agst. Galvanising Trumpery, I. (ed. 2), 2.
Already doomd to hard quill-driving, | |
Gainst spectred poverty still striving. |
1809. E. S. Barrett, Setting Sun, I. 69. That specterd ell, Grim death hath seizd our father your viceroy.