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Webster 1913 Edition


Kelpy

{

Kel′pie

,

Kel′py

}
,
Noun.
;
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 and lights, those who are to be drowned.
Jamieson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Kelpy

KELP'Y

,
Noun.
An imaginary spirit of the waters, in the form of a horse. [Local and vulgar.]

Definition 2024


kelpy

kelpy

English

Noun

kelpy (plural kelpies)

  1. Alternative form of kelpie (shapeshifting spirit).