| 释义 |
‖ woolsaw|ˈwʊlsɔː|
Also 8 woolesaw, 9 oulasser.
[Mosquito wulasha.]
Among people of African descent in Central America, an evil spirit or demon.
1757R. Hodgson Mosquito Territ. (1822) 46 A kind of priests called Sookies, who..pretend to deal with an evil spirit called Woolesaw. 1827O. W. Roberts Voy. Centr. Amer. 267 Their great evil spirit is the ‘woolsaw’ or devil. 1842T. Young Residence on Mosquito Shore vi. 72 After sun-set a Sambo will not venture out alone, lest the Oulasser should carry him away. |