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Etymology edit

Uncertain. Compare dialectal (northern) English bogle.

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Noun edit

bogill (plural bogillis) (Middle Scots)

  1. A supernatural being of an ugly or terrifying aspect; a bugbear

Further reading edit

  • bogill” in Scots Dictionary