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boline

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English

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Etymology

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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

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boline (plural bolines)

  1. 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.

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Italian

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Noun

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boline f

  1. plural of bolina

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Old French

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Middle English bouline, although the Old French is attested earlier than the Middle English.[1]

Noun

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boline oblique singularf (oblique plural bolines, nominative singular boline, nominative plural bolines)

  1. (nautical) bowline

References

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  1. ^ Etymology and history of bouline”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.