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(Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders
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kelpy
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders [syn: kelpie ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in 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 ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of kelpie nodot=yes English) (shapeshifting spirit).
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.