bogies
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]
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.] [1913 Webster]
There are plenty of such foolish attempts at playing bogy in the history of savages. --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]