boline
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See also: Boline
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Originally spelled bolline. From Italian bolino, which is a variant of bulino (“burin”). The bolino was conflated with the cortel bianco ("white knife"). Doublet of burin.
Noun[edit]
boline (plural bolines)
- A white handled knife used in Wicca, for physical cutting, in contrast to the athame.
- 2012, Juliet Blackwell, In a Witch's Wardrobe: A Witchcraft Mystery, New York, NY: New American Library, →ISBN, page 28:
- Grabbing my wicker basket and boline, the special knife I use for cutting herbs, I passed through the living room and out a pair of French doors onto my terrace garden.
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
boline f
Anagrams[edit]
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably borrowed from Middle English bouline, although the Old French is attested earlier than the Middle English.[1]
Noun[edit]
boline oblique singular, f (oblique plural bolines, nominative singular boline, nominative plural bolines)
References[edit]
- ^ Etymology and history of “bouline”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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