Hypertext Webster Gateway: "spuke"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spuke \Spuke\, n.
See {Spook}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spook \Spook\, n. [D. spook; akin to G. spuk, Sw. sp["o]ke, Dan.
sp["o]gelse a specter, sp["o]ge to play, sport, joke, sp["o]g
a play, joke.]
1. A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin. [Written
also {spuke}.] --Ld. Lytton.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The chim[ae]ra.
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