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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.
Category relationships: Folklore
Geographical relationships: Scotland
Generic synonyms: Evil Spirit
Definition of Kelpy
1. Noun. (alternative form of kelpie) (shapeshifting spirit). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kelpy
Literary usage of Kelpy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
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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