boggard🔊

(UK dialectal) A bogey: a ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature, especially a small local spirit haunting gloomy places or the scenes of violence.

(figuratively) A bugbear: any terrifying thing.

(obsolete) Any real or imagined thing which prompts a horse to boggle (take fright).

(obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.