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(noun) - (1) A wood-demon who is supposed to guard over unripe nuts. "Melsh Dick'll catch thee lad," was a common threat used to frighten children going nutting.
--Rev. Alfred Easther's Glossary of Almondbury and Huddersfield, 1883
(2) A sylvan goblin, the protector of hazelnuts from the depredations of mischievous boys.
--James Halliwell's Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, 1855
January 19, 2018