Kobold

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An often mischievous household elf in German folklore.
  • n. A gnome that haunts underground places in German folklore.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A mischievous elf, or an evil spirit; a goblin.
  • n. One of a diminutive and usually evil race of beings.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A kind of domestic spirit in German mythology, corresponding to the Scottish brownie and the English Robin Goodfellow.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In Germany, an elemental spirit, or nature-spirit of the earth, corresponding to this element as undines, sylphs, and salamanders respectively correspond to water, air, and fire; a gnome or goblin.
  • Word Usage
    "Cobalt-based colours and pigments have been used since ancient times for jewellery and paints, and miners have long used the name kobold ore for some minerals."
    Cross Reference
    Kobold    Kobalt    Cobol   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    goblin   
    Same Context
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