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- The word used was the Arabic _ghûl_ (in English usually ghowl or ghoul), the vampire, man-devouring demon, which corresponds to the _bhût_ and _pret_, the malignant ghosts of the Hindus.
Tales of the Punjab Flora Annie Steel 1888
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But in fact, their love is like that of the ghowl; worse than ghowls, they sell all which they do not destroy; every scrap of the dead lion may turn to account.
Tales and Novels — Volume 09 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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(in English usually ghowl or ghoul), the vampire, man-devouring demon, which corresponds to the bhût and pret, the malignant ghosts of the Hindus.
Tales of the Punjab 1894
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