Reverse Dictionary: GOBLIN

GOBLIN


NOUNS
..700 — MARE a kind of goblin supposed to produce nightmare by sitting on the chest of the sleeper; the nightmare itself → obs.
1570 — BUGBEAR a goblin thought to eat up naughty children → colloq. obs.
1590 — HOB-THRUSH a goblin → obs.
1732 — BARGHEST a goblin, fabled to appear in the form of a large dog, with various horrible characteristics, and to portend imminent death or misfortune
1812 — OUPHE an elf, a goblin → Sc.
1853 — FEARIN — FEARING an evil spirit; a goblin, a ghost
1901 — BINEY a goblin; a bugaboo → Amer. dial.
1905 — QUHAUP a goblin, an evil spirit, supposed to go about under the eaves of houses after the fall of night, having a long beak resembling a pair of tongs for the purpose of carrying off evildoers → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — THURSE an apparition; a goblin Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
1905 — TINT a goblin Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
1914 — EVILS goblins; evil spirits → Amer. dial.
1991 — BOGYPHOBIA a dread of demons and goblins (Bk.)