'Friar Rush' definitions:

Definition of 'Friar Rush'

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  • Puck \Puck\, n. [OE. pouke; cf. OSw. puke, Icel. p[=u]ki an evil demon, W. pwca a hobgoblin. Cf. Poker a bugbear, Pug.]
  • 1. (Medi[ae]val Myth.) A celebrated fairy, "the merry wanderer of the night;" -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • He meeteth Puck, whom most men call Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]