Scarecrow is called by these other names
Scarecrow, the figure standing in the middle of a field that is meant to keep birds away from crops, has these other terms.
Blencher
Blencher is a “person or thing employed to turn or frighten away,” the Oxford English Dictionary stated. Based on the article in Mental Floss, this term was known back in the 19th century and came from the word blanch meaning “to cheat, elude, turn aside.”
Bogle
This word can be a synonym for scarecrow, but its broader meaning covers phantoms, goblins, and any other frightful creature (or person).
Potato-bogle
A figure to scare the crows with a potato head and/or is stationed in a potato field is called this term.
Tattie boodie
This term is from 19th-century northeastern Scotland.
Worricow
This term is also from Scotland in the early 18th century which is used to describe a scary-looking person. When it is preceded by the, it’s referring to the devil.
Hobidy-booby
“His Legs are distorted so … that he looks like a Hobidy-Booby, prop’d up with a couple of Crooked Billets.” – This was cited in an early-18th-century book called Man’s Treachery to Woman.
Jack-of-straw
This means “a man without substance or financial means.”
Flay-crake
Crow or raven is also called crake while flay means inflicting some serious pain on one.
Gally-crow
This term which was written record in the 17th century, means “to frighten, daze, scare, [or] startle,” and this is from the Old English verb a-gælwan, which means “to alarm.”
Shaw-fowl
This could refer to a scarecrow or an artificial bird used for shooting practice. Shaw-fowl was first cited by Anglican bishop Richard Montagu in his work.
Moggy
In British, it is a colloquial term for a cat, a calf, a cow, a girl, a guy, and any stuffed figure.