Puck n.
1. Mediæval Myth. A celebrated fairy, “the merry wanderer of the night;” -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc.
He meeteth Puck, whom most men call
Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall. --Drayton.
2. Zool. The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]