HAUNT, HAUNTED, HAUNTING
ADJECTIVES
1911 ► BOGLIE haunted by hobgoblins or ‘bogies’ → Sc. (Bk.)
1965 ► HAINTY → HANTY → HAUNTY haunted → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1872 ► HEAF an abode, a residence; an habitual haunt → Eng. dial.
1905 ► THUMB-CAP a haunting thing; an apparition, a ghost → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1933 ► TRAPS your usual haunts → Aust. sl.
VERBS
1600 ► DOG to haunt a place, etc. → obs.
1898 ► APPEAR of ghosts: to ‘walk’, to haunt places → N. Ireland (Bk.)
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