Pŭck, n.

n. [Scot. puck, O. Eng. pouke, O. Sw. puke, Icel. púki, an evil demon.] (Medieval Myth.) A celebrated fairy, “the merry wanderer of the night;” —called also Robin Good-fellow, Friar Rush, Pug, &c. He meeteth Puck, whom most men call Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall. Drayton.