bogiel

See bogy. bogie, bogey (bo'gi), n. [Of uncertain origin. Sometimes explained from bogie bogiel, bogy, a fiend, the bogie coal-wagon when first introduced being so called, it is said, because, from its suddenly turning when people least expected it, they used to exclaim that the new wagon was 'Old Bogy' himself. But this is mere invention. See bogle.] 1. A name first given at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in England, to a coal wagon or truck so constructed as to turn easily in moving about the quays; a trolly.-2. An English term for a four-wheeled truck supporting the front part of a locomotive engine, or Indian fishes, considered by some as typical of a family Bogodoidei or Bogodidæ . Bogodidæ (bō-god'i-dē), n . pl . [NL., Bogoda + -ida .] A family of percoideous fishes: synonymous with Amba ida .