| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun bogie.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (bogie) | 1. An evil spirit.[Wordnet]. 2. An unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft.[Wordnet]. 3. 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.[Websters]. | |
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Date "BOGIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references) |
Specialty Definition: bogie
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Aerospace | 1. A supporting and aligning wheel or roller on the inside of an endless track, used, e.g., in certain types of landing gear.2. A type of landing-gear unit consisting of two sets of wheels in tandem with a central strut. (references) | ||
| Energy | A set of wheels built specifically as rear wheels under the container. (references) | ||
| Literature | Bogie A scarecrow, a goblin. (Bulgarian, bog, a god; Salvonic, bogu; Welsh, bwg, a goblin, our bugbear.) The Assyrian mothers used to scare their children with the name of Narss (Gibbon); the Syrians with that of Richard Coeur de Lion; the Dutch with Boh, the Gothic general (Warton); the Jews with Lilith; the Turks with Mathias Corvinus, the Hungarian king; and the English with the name of Lunsfort (q.v.). (See Bo.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Mining | A. A rail truck or trolley of low height, used for carrying timber or machine parts underground, or for conveying the dirt hoppit from a sinking pit to the dirt heap. It may also be used as a wagon spotter. See also: timber trolley b. A weighted truck run foremost or next to the rope in a train or trip.c. A two-axle driving unit in a truck. Also called tandem drive unit; tandem d. Also spelled bogey; bogy.e. York. A small truck or trolley upon which a bucket is carried from the shaft to the spoil bank. (references) | ||
| Slang | Noun. Source: Linguistic 101 students at the University of Oregon. Definition: If it takes 1 more hit than it should regularly take to finish a golf hole. Context: When a hole is shot 1 above par. Social Source: University of Oregon Golf Team. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) | ||
| Transportation | 1: Landing gear having multi-wheel truck on each leg. Source: European Union. (references) | 2: An assembly of parts consisting of wheels and axles with necessary springs and structural members that support the main body of a rail car at each end. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Common Expressions: bogie
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Commonwealth bogie | Commonwealth bogie is the name given to a bogie used on British Railways passenger coaches. Interestingly the term 'commonwealth' comes from the USA where this type of bogie originated. Commonwealth is part of the full nomenclature for some US states. In this case Pennsylvania. (references) | ||
| GWR Bogie Class | The Great Western Railway Bogie Class 4-4-0ST broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. The first two locomotives of this class were introduced into service in August/September 1849, with the remainder following between June 1854 and March 1855. All were withdrawn between October 1871 and December 1880. (references) | ||
| Mason Bogie | The Mason Bogie is a type of articulated steam locomotive suited for sharp curves and uneven track, once commonly used on narrow gauge lines in the United States. (references) | ||
| The Bogie Man | The Bogie Man is an occasional comics series created by writers John Wagner and Alan Grant and artist Robin Smith. It features Francis Forbes Clunie, a Scottish mental patient who suffers from the unusual delusion that he is Humphrey Bogart, or rather a composite of the characters he played in his films. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: bogie
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Bogie bolster | Transportation | A beam placed across the frame of a bogie to receive, through the center plate, the weight of the vehicle and transfer it to the bogie frame and wheels through the springs on which it is carried. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Bogie pin | Labor | A covering for the whole hand with the thumb in a separate division used for work not requiring precise, individual finger movement. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Four-wheel bogie | Transportation | Group of four wheels forming a supporting unit of the landing gear. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Incline bogie | Mining | Scot. A wheeled carriage for inclines, constructed with a horizontal platform so that cars can be run on it and be conveyed up and down the incline or slope. (references) | |
| Jacobs bogie | Transportation | A bogie for articulated cars, usually employing two king pins and three axles. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Motored bogie | Transportation | A bogie operated by an electric motor, which is connected to the axles by means of gears; used under rail motor cars, and diesel-electric and electric locomotives. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Steerable bogie | Transportation | A bogie with steered axle sets which improve ride comfort, and decrease noise, wear, and tractive resistance. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Unpowered bogie | Transportation | A bogie without propulsion motors, used to improve weight distribution and ride comfort at high speeds. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: bogie | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Bogie | 20 | Bogie | 20 | |
| GWR Bogie Class | 17 | Bogie exchange | 15 | |
| Bogie exchange | 15 | GWR Bogie Class | 17 | |
| Ian Bogie | 14 | Ian Bogie | 14 | |
| Mason Bogie | 9 | Jacobs bogie | 4 | |
| The Bogie Man | 8 | Mason Bogie | 9 | |
| NER Bogie Tank Passenger | 5 | NER Bogie Tank Passenger | 5 | |
| Jacobs bogie | 4 | Ower Bogie | 3 | |
| Ower Bogie | 3 | The Bogie Man | 8 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
