Bō'gey or Bō'gy or Bō'gle or Bōg'gle, n.

n. [Scot. and North Eng. bogle, bogill, bugill, specter, to terrify, Gael. bugnol, threatening, fear, bugy, bogan, specter, hobgoblin, from buguth, to threaten, scare.] A bugbear; a specter.

I am Bogey, and I frighten every body away. Thackeray.

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