Crossword clues for kelpy
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kelpie \Kel"pie\, Kelpy \Kel"py\, n.; pl. Kelpies. [Cf. Gael.
cailpeach, calpach, colpach, a heifer, steer, colt, colpa a
cow or horse.] (Scotch Myth.)
An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form,
vulgarly believed to warn, by preternatural noises and
lights, those who are to be drowned.
--Jamieson.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of kelpie nodot=yes English) (shapeshifting spirit).
WordNet
n. (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders [syn: kelpie]
Usage examples of "kelpy".
I do your errand, for you are like two kelpies from the river, and will have ague in your bones in another hour.
She had, I suppose, the largest collection in the country of tales and songs, concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraips, giants, enchanted towers, dragons, and other trumpery.