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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puck \Puck\, n.
A disk of vulcanized rubber used in the game of hockey, as
the object to be driven through the goals.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puck \Puck\, n. [OE. pouke; cf OSw. puke, Icel. p[=u]ki an evil
demon, W. pwca a hobgoblin. Cf {Poker} a bugbear, {Pug}.]
1. (Medi[ae]val Myth.) A celebrated fairy, ``the merry
wanderer of the night;'' -- called also {Robin
Goodfellow}, {Friar Rush}, {Pug}, etc --Shak.
He meeteth Puck, whom most men call Hobgoblin, and
on him doth fall. --Drayton.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
puck
n 1: a mischievous sprite
2: a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used
instead of a ball in ice hockey [syn: {hockey puck}]
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