KELPIE

{ Kel″pie, Kel″py }, n.; pl. Kelpies (#). [[Cf. Gael. cailpeach, calpach, colpach, a heifer, steer, colt, colpa a cow or horse.]] (Scotch Myth.) An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form, vulgarly believed to warn, by preternatural noises and lights, those who are to be drowned. Jamieson.