spirit

1. (usually in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.countableplural-normallyuncountable

2. (often in the plural) Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state.Examples: "to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be down-hearted, or in bad spirits"; "God has […] made a spirit of building succeed a spirit of pulling down."countablein-pluraloftenuncountable

3. (obsolete) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.Examples: "For else he sure had left not one aliue,>br>But all in his reuenge of spirite would depriue."; "But the milde air with season moderate / Gently attempred, and disposd so well, / That still it breathed forth sweet spirit & holesome smell."countableobsoleteuncountable

4. (obsolete) A rough breathing; an aspirate, such as the letter h; also, a mark denoting aspiration.Examples: "Be it a letter or spirit, we have great use of it."countableobsoleteuncountable

5. (alchemy, obsolete) Any of the four substances: sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, and arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).countableobsoleteuncountable

6. (dyeing) Stannic chloride.countableuncountable