kelp-goose

(kelp’gés), n. Chloéphaga antarc- tic a of South America. Also called rock-goose. kelpie, kelpy (kel’pi), ». [Origin unknown.] An imaginary spirit of the waters, generally appearing in the form of a horse, who was believed to give warning of approaching death by drowning, and sometimes maliciously to a ist in drowning persons. ([Scotch.] These ponderous keys shall the kelpies keep, And lodge in their caverns so dark and deep. Queen Mary’s Escape from Lochleven. That bards are second-sighted is nae joke, And ken the lingo of the sp’ritual folk; Fays, Spunkies, Kelpies, a’, they can explain them, Burns, Brigs of Ayr. kelp-pigeon (kelp’pij’on), ». The sheathbill, Chionis alba, of the Falklands: so called by sailors from its size and white color and its habitual resorts.