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Definition of Kelpy

1. Noun. (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders.

Definition of Kelpy

1. Noun. (alternative form of kelpie) (shapeshifting spirit). ¹

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Definition of Kelpy

1. kelpie [n -PIES] - See also: kelpie

Medical Definition of Kelpy

1. Origin: Cf. Gael. Cailpeach, calpach, colpach, a heifer, steer, colt, colpa a cow or horse. An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form, vulgarly believed to warn, by preternatural noises and lights, those who are to be drowned. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Kelpy

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1. Folklore of Scottish Lochs and Springs by James Murray Mackinlay (1893)
"When any unwary traveller did so, the kelpy took to his heels, and presently plunged into deep water with his victim on his back. ..."

2. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1916)
"Three other lines of vein occur near the kelpy — an eastern, traced for 150 feet x 50 feet, a middle, traced for 50 feet x 20 feet, and a small vein in ..."

3. The New Statistical Account of Scotland by Society for the Benefit of the Sons and Daughters of the Clergy (1845)
"... in the Minstrelsy of the Border, in which the exploits of the water-kelpy are recorded. From time immemorial to that of " John o' ..."

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