- Demon believed to have sex with sleeping women - A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have
sexual intercourse with women by night. - The nightmare. See Nightmare. - Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that
prevents the free use of the faculties.
- Cast off - To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from
something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve. - To relieve one's self of a burden; to ease the mind.