boggard

noun4

1. •
   (dialect, UK) A bogey: a ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature, especially a small local spirit haunting gloomy places or the scenes of violence.

   • A Boggarde, spectrum. — 1570
2. •
   (figurative) A bugbear: any terrifying thing.

   • Nor be such buggarddes to the poor, yff they may not beare the bagge alone. — 1575
3. •
   (no longer used) Any real or imagined thing which prompts a horse to boggle (take fright).
4. •
   (no longer used) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

   • Siege, jacques, bogard, or draught, latrina. — 1552