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Boline

Boline

See also: boline

Danish

Proper noun

Boline

  1. A female given name, diminutive of Bodil.

boline

boline

See also: Boline

English

Alternative forms

Noun

boline ‎(plural bolines)

  1. A white-handled knife used in Wicca, for physical cutting, in contrast to the athame.

Italian

Noun

boline f

  1. plural of bolina

Anagrams

Old French

Etymology

Probably a borrowing from Middle English bouline, althought the Old French is attested earlier than the Middle English [1].

Noun

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

  1. (nautical) bowline

References

  1. ↑ “bouline” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

Originally spelled bolline.
From Italian bolino, which is a variant of bulino ‎(“burin”).
The bolino was conflated with the cortel bianco ("white knife").

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