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