barghest
noun
a legendary doglike goblin believed to portend death or misfortune.
barguest
-
a variation of
barghest.
Example Sentences
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I have been so frightened with stories of the barguest when I was a child, that I cannot help throwing away an etymology upon it.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby
The barguest is an apparition, taking usually the form of a big black dog with saucer eyes.
From Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems by Frederic William Moorman
The barguest bays; and boggles, brags, and bo-los Follow the hunt.
From Krindlesyke by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
