APPARITION
NOUNS
1580 ► GOGMAGOG a frightful apparition, a monster → sl.
1705 ► WAFF an apparition, a wraith, a ghost; the vision of a dead or absent person → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1774 ► GANFER an apparition, a ghost; any supernatural phenomenon → Sc.
1824 ► DOUBLE-GOER the apparition of a living person; a double, a wraith
1824 ► OLD BAKER an apparition, a household spirit, a demon → Eng. dial.
1824 ► OLD DELPH WILL an apparition, a household spirit, a demon → Eng. dial.
1824 ► OLD HOB an apparition, a household spirit, a demon → Eng. dial.
1824 ► OLD MOSS an apparition, a household spirit, a demon → Eng. dial.
1824 ► OLD PACK an apparition, a household spirit, a demon → Eng. dial.
1830 ► DOUBLE-GANGER the apparition of a living person; a double, a wraith
1851 ► DOPPELGANGER the apparition of a living person; a double, a wraith
1870 ► BLASH-BOGGART an apparition appearing and disappearing like a flash; also, a person who is wild or strange in appearance → Eng. dial.
1870 ► OLD JENNY GREENTEETH an apparition, a household spirit, a demon → Eng. dial.
1870 ► OLD LOB an apparition, a household spirit, a demon → Eng. dial.
1889 ► OLD GOGGIE an apparition, a household spirit, a demon → Eng. dial.
1895 ► GALLY-TROT an apparition, a ghostly object → Eng. dial.
1897 ► OLD BOGEY an apparition, a spectre → Eng. dial.
1905 ► NANNY-CATCH an apparition; a mischievous sprite → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► THUMB-CAP an apparition, a haunting thing, a ghost → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► THURSE an apparition; a goblin → Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
1911 ► BOGLE an apparition; a scarecrow → Sc. (Bk.)
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