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English Dictionary: bogy by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bogy
n
  1. an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft [syn: bogy, bogie, bogey]
  2. an evil spirit
    Synonym(s): bogey, bogy, bogie
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bogy \Bo"gy\, n.; pl. {Bogies}. [See {Bogle}.]
      A specter; a hobgoblin; a bugbear. [bd]Death's heads and
      bogies.[b8] --J. H. Newman. [Written also {bogey}.]
  
               There are plenty of such foolish attempts at playing
               bogy in the history of savages.               --C. Kingsley.
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