A glowing, mysterious light that you see at night in a swamp or marsh is an ignis fatuus. An ignis fatuus is caused by a chemical reaction, but it looks ghostly.
A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal or vegetable substances, or by some inflammable gas; -- popularly called also
A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over
marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal
or vegetable substances, or by some inflammable gas; -- popularly
called also Will-with-the-wisp, or Will-o'-the-wisp, and
Jack-with-a-lantern, or Jack-o'-lantern.
Fig.: A misleading influence; a decoy.
Ignis fatuus
Scared and guided by the ignis fatuus of popular superstition.
A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal or vegetable substances, or by some inflammable gas; -- popularly called also
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