kelpies

1 definition found

kelpies - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Kelpie \Kel"pie\, Kelpy \Kel"py\, n.; pl. Kelpies. [Cf. Gael.
     cailpeach, calpach, colpach, a heifer, steer, colt, colpa a
     cow or horse.] (Scotch Myth.)
     An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form,
     vulgarly believed to warn, by preternatural noises and
     lights, those who are to be drowned. --Jamieson.
     [1913 Webster]