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glaistig|ˈglastɪk|
Also glaishrig, glaisrig, glastick, -ig.
[Gael.]
A supposed she-devil or hag in the shape of a goat; also, a beautiful female fairy, usu. seen at the bank of a stream.
1903Q. Rev. July 24 Fairies, brownies, kelpies and glasticks. 1925Contemp. Rev. Oct. 537 The water-kelpies, the water-bulls, the mermaids, the glastigs. 1926T. Hannan Beautiful Isle of Mull xiii. 83 The green glaistig is always represented with masses of long yellow hair. 1959K. M. Briggs Anat. Puck 189 The Glaistig is a female fairy, generally half-woman, half-goat, but sometimes described as a little, stout woman, clothed in green. |
