woolsawn.
/ˈwʊlsɔː/ Among people of African descent in Central America, an evil spirit or demon.
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1757 R. Hodgson Mosquito Territ. (1822) 46 A kind of priests called Sookies, who..pretend to deal with an evil spirit called Woolesaw.
1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. 267 Their great evil spirit is the ‘woolsaw’ or devil.
1842 T. Young Narr. Resid. Mosquito Shore vi. 72 After sun-set a Sambo will not venture out alone, lest the Oulasser should carry him away.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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