An imaginary evil spirit or creature; a bogeyman. Also: an object or source of (esp. needless) fear or dread; an imaginary terror. Cf. scare-bug, n.…

A scarecrow.

Something that scares or frightens; spec. a scarecrow. Obsolete.

A person or thing employed to turn or frighten away, e.g. a scarecrow: in Hunting, one placed to turn the deer from going in particular…

A scarecrow.

a scarecrow.

A scarecrow; a ragged puppet or grotesque effigy; a guy. Also figurative.

= clacker, n.

= bogle, n.

A device for frightening birds from growing crops, usually a figure of a man dressed in old and ragged clothes.

plural. Boughs thrown to turn aside deer from their course; also, feathers, etc. on a thread to scare birds. Cf. blencher, n.

a clapper turned by the wind, etc. for scaring away birds.

A scarecrow, also figurative. Also an artificial bird set up as a mark for shooting at.

a scarecrow.

? A scarecrow.

= cherry-clack n.

a scarecrow.

a scarecrow in a potato field, or with a potato for a head; also figurative.

a rattle driven by the wind for scaring birds from cherry-trees.

(see quot.).

= flay-crake n.

= gally-crow n.

a scarecrow.

transferred. A scarecrow. (In common use in north.)

dialect or slang. A scarecrow.

Any strange creature; a scarecrow. dialect.

One who or something which scares; spec. (usually as bird-scarer) a person or thing (other than a traditional scarecrow) for frightening birds away…