Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Puck

Puck

,
Noun.
[OE.
pouke
; cf. OSw.
puke
, Icel.
pūki
an evil demon, W.
pwca
a hobgoblin. Cf.
Poker
a bugbear,
Pug
.]
1.
(Mediæval Myth.)
A celebrated fairy, “the merry wanderer of the night;” – called also
Robin Goodfellow
,
Friar Rush
,
Pug
, etc.
Shak.
He meeteth
Puck
, whom most men call
Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall.
Drayton.
2.
(Zool.)
The goatsucker.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Puck

PUCK

,
Noun.
A demon; a mischievous spirit.

Similar Results