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Definition of Boggard
1. n. A bogey.
Definition of Boggard
1. Noun. (archaic) A ghost or goblin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Boggard
1. bogle [n -S] - See also: bogle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boggard
Literary usage of Boggard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Northamptonshire Notes and Queries: An Illustrated Quarterly Journal by Christopher Alexander Markham (1888)
"Then he saws wheat, an' when boggard cums i' fall, roan gets corn an' straw, ...
Man didn't think a deal to this here waay o' goin' on, fer boggard look'd ..."
2. Letters to the Young on Progress in Pudsey During the Last Sixty Years by Joseph Lawson (1887)
"... horse-shoe— Telling " boggard Tales "—Children made unhappy—The " Padfoot,"
a ghost and the results—Favourite places for ghosts—Satan, his cloven-foot, ..."
3. A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighbourhood of Sheffield by Sidney Oldall Addy (1888)
"boggard, sb. a ghost, apparition. It was said that a boggard used to appear by
night at a ... There is a phrase ' to take boggard,' ie, to take fright. ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1884)
"boggard, the dried moisture of the nostrils. boggard, a ghost. When a horse takes
fright he is said to ' tak' th' boggard. ..."
5. The Hallamshire Glossary by Joseph Hunter (1829)
"The word describes what would be the effect were the boggard to make his appearance,
... A horse that starts boggles, or, as is said, takes boggard. ..."
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