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Webster 1913 Edition


Bolas

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Bo′las

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[Sp.]
A kind of missile weapon consisting of one, two, or more balls of stone, iron, or other material, attached to the ends of a leather cord; – used by the Gauchos of South America, and others, for hurling at and entangling an animal.