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Puck (?), n. [OE. pouke; cf. OSw. puke, Icel. pūki an evil demon, W. pwca a hobgoblin.  Cf. Poker a bugbear, Pug.]
    1. (Mediæval Myth.) A celebrated fairy, “the merry wanderer of the night;” -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc.  Shak.

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    He meeteth Puck, whom most men call

    Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall. Drayton.

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    2. (Zool.) The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]

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Puck (?), n. A disk of vulcanized rubber used in the game of hockey, as the object to be driven through the goals.

    [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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