woolsawn.

/ˈwʊlsɔː/

Forms: Also 1700s woolesaw, 1800s oulasser.

Etymology: < Miskito wulasha.

Among people of African descent in Central America, an evil spirit or demon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun]

evil angel, spiritc950

ghosteOE

uncleanOE

demonOE

devilOE

devilshineOE

groa1225

debleriea1325

devilnessa1400

devilryc1400

sprat?a1475

nicker1481

fiend of hell1509

imp1526

virtue1584

elf1587

succubus1601

blue devilc1616

black man1656

woolsaw1757

buggane1775

bhut1785

demonic1785

pishachi1807

devil-devil1831

skookum1838

taipo1848

lightning bird1870

demonry1883

pisaca1885

mafufunyanas1963

mare1981

1757 R. Hodgson Mosquito Territ. (1822) 46 A kind of priests called Sookies, who..pretend to deal with an evil spirit called Woolesaw.

1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. 267 Their great evil spirit is the ‘woolsaw’ or devil.

1842 T. Young Narr. Resid. Mosquito Shore vi. 72 After sun-set a Sambo will not venture out alone, lest the Oulasser should carry him away.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	woolsaw
释义	woolsawn. /ˈwʊlsɔː/ Forms: Also 1700s woolesaw, 1800s oulasser. Etymology: < Miskito wulasha. Among people of African descent in Central America, an evil spirit or demon. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] evil angel, spiritc950 ghosteOE uncleanOE demonOE devilOE devilshineOE groa1225 debleriea1325 devilnessa1400 devilryc1400 sprat?a1475 nicker1481 fiend of hell1509 imp1526 virtue1584 elf1587 succubus1601 blue devilc1616 black man1656 woolsaw1757 buggane1775 bhut1785 demonic1785 pishachi1807 devil-devil1831 skookum1838 taipo1848 lightning bird1870 demonry1883 pisaca1885 mafufunyanas1963 mare1981 1757 R. Hodgson Mosquito Territ. (1822) 46 A kind of priests called Sookies, who..pretend to deal with an evil spirit called Woolesaw. 1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. 267 Their great evil spirit is the ‘woolsaw’ or devil. 1842 T. Young Narr. Resid. Mosquito Shore vi. 72 After sun-set a Sambo will not venture out alone, lest the Oulasser should carry him away. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1757
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