Wraith /(?)/

Wraith

n.
  1. An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image. [Scot.]
    She was uncertain if it were the gypsy or her wraith.
    O, hollow wraith of dying fame.
  2. Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over the waters; -- called also water wraith.