Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bogy"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Bogy \Bo"gy\, n.; pl. {Bogies}. [See {Bogle}.]
A specter; a hobgoblin; a bugbear. ``Death's heads and
bogies.'' --J. H. Newman. [Written also {bogey}.]

There are plenty of such foolish attempts at playing
bogy in the history of savages. --C. Kingsley.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

bogy
n 1: an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft [syn: {bogie},
{bogey}]
2: an evil spirit [syn: {bogey}, {bogie}]


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