n. (Zool.) A fish of the genus Priacanthus, remarkable for the large size of the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Bogeys /plu>. [ Also bogie and bogy, plural bogies. ] 1. A goblin; a bugbear.
Syn. -- bogeyman. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

I have become a sort of bogey -- a kill-joy. Wm. Black. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Golf) a score one stroke over par for a hole; formerly, the definition of bogey was the same as that now used for par, i.e., an ideal score or number of strokes, for each hole, against which players compete; -- it was said to be so called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary first-rate player called Colonel Bogey. Now the standard score is called par. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

3. (Mil.) an unidentified aircraft; in combat situations, such craft not identified as friendly are assumed to be hostile. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. bogeys /pl>, 1. A goblin; a bugbear. [ 1913 Webster Supplement ]

I have become a sort of bogey -- a killjoy. Wm. Black. [ 1913 Webster Supplement ]

2. (Golf) A score on a given hole which is one stroke over par. Originally, bogey had the same meaning as par does now, i.e. a given score or number of strokes, for each hole, against which players compete; -- said to be so-called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary first-rate player called Colonel Bogey. A double bogey is a score of two strokes over par. [ PJC ]

3. (Golf) Par. See sense 2, above. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster Supplement ]

4. (Military) An unidentified aircraft, especially one detected on a radar screen and believed to be an enemy airplane. [ Also spelled bogie. ] [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Bogeymen /plu>. A goblin; a bugbear; a bogey{ 1 }. This is the form used by parents to frighten children; as, if you don't eat your vegetables, the bogeyman will get you.
Syn. -- bogey. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really dangerous, or an imaginary monster, used to frighten children, etc. “Go to sleep or the Boogeyman will get you.”
Syn. -- Hobgoblin; goblin; specter; ogre; scarecrow; booger; bugaboo; bugbear. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Full of bridges. [ R. ] Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. [ Bengalee dingi. ] 1. a small boat propelled by oars or sails, used in the East Indies, in sheltered waters. [ Written also dinghey. ] Malcom. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a small boat intended to be used as a tender or lifeboat, carried or towed by a ship. It may be propelled by oars, sail, or a motor. [ PJC ]

3. a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled.
Syn. -- dory, rowboat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a motherless calf in a range herd of cattle. [ Also spelled dogy and dogie. ]
Syn. -- leppy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Fogy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Icel. geysir, fr. geysa to rush furiously, fr. gjōsa to gush. Cf. Gush. ] A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Geysers were first known in Iceland, and later in New Zealand. In the Yellowstone region in the United States they are numerous, and some of them very powerful, throwing jets of boiling water and steam to a height of 200 feet. They are grouped in several areas called geyser basins. The mineral matter, or geyserite, with which geyser water is charged, forms geyser cones about the orifice, often of great size and beauty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Geyser. ] (Min.) A loose hydrated form of silica, a variety of opal, deposited in concretionary cauliflowerlike masses, around some hot springs and geysers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Lammergeir. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ G. lämmergeier; lamm, pl. lämmer, lamb + geier vulture. ] (Zool.) A very large vulture (Gypaëtus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them on stones to obtain the contents, and is therefore called bonebreaker and ossifrage. It is supposed to be the ossifrage of the Bible. Called also bearded vulture and bearded eagle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Same as mangy.
Syn. -- mangy, threadbare; worn-out, seedy, squalid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]