Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A specter, goblin, or bogy, especially one supposed to haunt a particular spot.
- n. Any object, real or imaginary, at which a horse shies.
- n. Figuratively, a bug-bear; a thing of fear.
- n. A privy.
- n. The hellgrammite.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A bogey.
Examples
“It was an awful-looking thing, and no doubt did duty for the "boggard" of the neighbourhood.”
“It went on varry weel for th 'furst wick, but towards th' end o'th 'second they'd rayther ha' seen a boggard walk into th 'haase nor another piece o' that cauf walk on to th 'table.”
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley
“Awst nooan be freetened o 'thee if tha wor a boggard," shoo sed, "but has ta getten one?”
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley
“Thear's a boggard i 'th' haase as sewer as aw'm here! ”
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley
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vanishedone An alternative form of boggart, as you'd expect, but according to the O.E.D. also an old (c. 16th & 17th Century) term for a privy. Jan 12, 2009