bugbear
121Bullbeggar — Bull beg gar, n. Something used or suggested to produce terror, as in children or persons of weak mind; a bugbear. [1913 Webster] And being an ill looked fellow, he has a pension from the church wardens for being bullbeggar to all the forward… …
122Cocoa — Co coa (k[=o] k[ o]), n., Cocoa palm Co coa palm (k[=o] k[ o] p[aum]m )[Sp. & Pg. coco cocoanut, in Sp. also, cocoa palm. The Portuguese name is said to have been given from the monkeylike face at the base of the nut, fr. Pg. coco a bugbear, an… …
123Cocoa palm — Cocoa Co coa (k[=o] k[ o]), n., Cocoa palm Co coa palm (k[=o] k[ o] p[aum]m )[Sp. & Pg. coco cocoanut, in Sp. also, cocoa palm. The Portuguese name is said to have been given from the monkeylike face at the base of the nut, fr. Pg. coco a bugbear …
124Cocos nucifera — Cocoa Co coa (k[=o] k[ o]), n., Cocoa palm Co coa palm (k[=o] k[ o] p[aum]m )[Sp. & Pg. coco cocoanut, in Sp. also, cocoa palm. The Portuguese name is said to have been given from the monkeylike face at the base of the nut, fr. Pg. coco a bugbear …
125Friar Rush — Puck Puck, n. [OE. pouke; cf. OSw. puke, Icel. p[=u]ki an evil demon, W. pwca a hobgoblin. Cf. {Poker} a bugbear, {Pug}.] 1. (Medi[ae]val Myth.) A celebrated fairy, the merry wanderer of the night; called also {Robin Goodfellow}, {Friar Rush},… …
126Mormon — Mor mon, prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. mormw n monster, bugbear.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A genus of sea birds, having a large, thick bill; the puffin. (b) The mandrill. [1913 Webster] …
127Mumbo Jumbo — Mum bo Jum bo, n. [Perh. fr. the native name of an African god.] 1. Among the Mandingos of the western Sudan, a bugbear by means of which the women are terrified and disciplined by societies of the men, one of whom assumes a masquerade for the… …
128par — Bogey Bo gey, n.; pl. {Bogeys}. [Also {bogie} and {bogy}, plural {bogies}.] 1. A goblin; a bugbear. Syn: bogeyman. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] I have become a sort of bogey a kill joy. Wm. Black. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. (Golf) a score one stroke over… …
