Bogey \Bo"gey\, n.; pl. Bogeys. [Also bogie.]

1. A goblin; a bugbear.

I have become a sort of bogey -- a kill-joy. --Wm. Black.

2. (Golf) 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Bogey \Bo"gey\, n. A goblin; a bugbear. See Bogy.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Bogy \Bo"gy\, n.; pl. Bogies. [See Bogle.]

A specter; a hobgoblin; a bugbear. ``Death's heads and bogies.'' --J. H. Newman. [Written also bogey.]

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)