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hobgoblin

(Encyclopedia) hobgoblin: see goblin.

Brewer's: Chime in with

(To). To be in harmony with, to accord with, to fall in with. The allusion is to chiming bells. “This chimed in with Mr. Dombey's own hope and belief.” —Dickens: Dombey and Son. Source:…

goblin

(Encyclopedia) goblin or hobgoblin, in French folklore, small household spirit, similar to the Celtic brownie. Goblins perform household tasks but also can make mischief, such as pulling the covers…

Brewer's: Goblin

A familiar demon. According to popular belief goblins dwelt in private houses and chinks of trees. As a specimen of forced etymology, it may be mentioned that Elf and Goblin have been…

Brewer's: Goblins

In Cardiganshire the miners attribute those strange noises heard in mines to spirits called “Knockers” (goblins). (See above.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Herrick, Robert, American novelist

(Encyclopedia) Herrick, Robert, 1868–1938, American novelist, b. Cambridge, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1890. He was professor of English at the Univ. of Chicago from 1893 to 1923. Herrick wrote realistic…

Brewer's: Goblin Cave

In Celtic called “Coir nan Uriskin ” (cove of the satyrs), in Benvenue, Scotland. “After landing on the skirts of Benvenue, we reach the cave or cove of the goblins by a steep and narrow…

Macdonald, George

(Encyclopedia) Macdonald, George, 1824–1905, Scottish author. Ordained a Congregational minister, he eventually abandoned his vocation to become a writer and freelance preacher. His first published…

Story, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Story, Joseph, 1779–1845, American jurist, associate justice of the Supreme Court (1811–45), b. Marblehead, Mass. Admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1801, he practiced law in Salem…

short story

(Encyclopedia) short story, brief prose fiction. The term covers a wide variety of narratives—from stories in which the main focus is on the course of events to studies of character, from the “short…