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will-o'-the-wisp(noun) A pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground. Synonyms: friar's lantern, ignis fatuus, jack-o'-lanternUsage: The white face of a dying man seemed suddenly to have floated up out of the darkness, to have come to him like a will-o'-the-wisp from the swamp.
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Sometimes somebody's glasses might have been blurred to the detriment of the viewers 
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Sometimes somebody's glasses might have been blurred to the detriment of the viewers
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Not to be confused with:
"Will-o'-the-wasp": not much light, but plenty of lightning in that sting.
As one that discovered a wasp's nest "the hard way" while painting last summer, I can vouch for the will-o'-the-wasp. Respect the sting.
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