Hypertext Webster Gateway: "goblin"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Goblin \Gob"lin\, n. [OE. gobelin, F. gobelin, LL. gobelinus,
fr. Gr. ? knave, a mischievous goblin; or cf. G. kobold, E.
kobold, cobalt, Armor. gobilin an ignis fatuus, goblin.]
An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a
frightful phantom; a gnome.

To whom the goblin, full of wrath, replied. --Milton.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

goblin
n : (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that
makes trouble for human beings [syn: {hob}, {hobgoblin}]

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