nixie

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I think of the river and how, when one nixie detached from the others, Cardan waited until it paused and then left so we could get out of the water.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

The Nixie of the Mummel-lake The legend of the nixie of Seebach is one of gloom and tragedy, albeit as charming as most of the Rhine tales.

From Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Spence, Lewis

Her face was flushed and her nixie eyes were dancing to the mischief she contemplated.

From An Orkney Maid by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

You were then a child; Now you are a nixie, spell-weaving, wild.

From The Feast at Solhoug by Archer, William

On dancing rays and ripples is the laughing nixie; but suddenly breaks the first song of the main figures.

From Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies by Goepp, Philip H.