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Definition of Bogie
1. Noun. An evil spirit.
2. Noun. An unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft.
Definition of Bogie
1. n. A four-wheeled truck, having a certain amount of play around a vertical axis, used to support in part a locomotive on a railway track.
Definition of Bogie
1. Noun. (context: Indian English) Structure with axles and wheels under a railroad carriage or locomotive. ¹
2. Noun. Cigarette. ¹
3. Noun. (military) An aircraft of unknown friend/foe status. (compare bandit) ¹
4. Noun. (golf) A score one stroke higher than par on any one hole. ¹
5. Noun. (music) A toy similar to a violin bow, consisting of a wooden stick with notches along one or more sides or edges to produce a rattly noise when kratzed (stroked) against a hard edge, lip of container etc. ¹
6. Noun. A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril. ¹
7. Noun. (context: Ulster Scots) Ghost. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bogie
1. bogy [n -S] - See also: bogy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bogie
Literary usage of Bogie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers by Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) (1895)
"The Author states that the chief advantages of this system are- thè following:—
At a short distance from each end the bogie frame is bent upwards in order ..."
2. The Electrical Engineer (1893)
"Through holes in these lugs are passed long bolts, secured firmly above to a
plate casting bolted to the end beam of bogie truck, very powerful springs of a ..."
3. Our Iron Roads: Their History, Construction and Administration by Frederick Smeeton Williams (1883)
"The bogie passenger engines are also a very powerful type. One of them is
represented in the engraving The exact dimensions are as follows: cylinder 18 ..."
4. The Railway Locomotive: What it is and why it is what it is by Vaughan Pendred (1908)
"Four links C unite A with the bogie. So far we have the ordinary swing link.
The difference lies in the use of double suspension pins DD, FIG. 28. ..."
5. A Manual of Locomotive Engineering: With an Historical Introduction : a by William Frank Pettigrew (1899)
"79 Thickness of „ 0 1J Length of engine frame 31 10 Diameter of bogie wheels on
tread, 3 9J Distance between frame, 3114 Centre of bogie to centre of ..."
6. Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Men of Fife: Natives of the County, Or by Matthew Forster Conolly (1866)
"Sir James Wemyss, the first of the Wemyss', of bogie, was the second son of ...
He obtained from his father, in patrimony, the lands of bogie, with many ..."
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