Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Kelpie

Kelpie (#) , noun

[Compare Gael. cailpeach, calpach, colpach, a heifer, steer, colt, colpa a cow or horse.]

(Scotch Mythology) An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form, vulgarly believed to warn, by preternatural noises and lights, those who are to be drowned. — Jamieson

Also: Kelpy