dobby

noun5

1. •
   The patterns so woven, or the fabric containing the patterns.
2. •
   A device in some looms that allows the weaving of small geometric patterns.
3. •
   An evil or mischievous fairy or ghost sometimes said to haunt a building or household.

   • He understood Greek, Latin, and Hebrew; and, therefore, according to the apprehension, and in the phrase of his brother Wilfred, needed not to care “for ghaist or bar-ghaist, devil or dobbie.” — 1817
4. •
   The children's game of tag.
5. •
   (no longer used) A dotard.