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bolcane

bolcane noun: spirits; alcoholic drink; poteen.

Noun

bolcane (uncountable)

  1. (Ireland, obsolete) Spirits; alcoholic drink; poteen.
    • Sheela at her Prayers, and Nabla at her Sneezing, Dermot at his Beads, and Rory at his Bolcane and Usquebah1683 Patrick Simmons "Strange and wonderful news from Ireland : of a whale of a prodigious size, being eighty two foot long, cast ashore on the third of this instant February, near Dublin, and there...

Origin of bolcane

From Fingallian bolcane, from Irish bolcán (“spirits, strong drink”). Doublet of volcano and Vulcan.

Questions about bolcane

What does bolcane mean?
Bolcane means spirits; alcoholic drink; poteen.
What part of speech is bolcane?
Bolcane is a noun.

Words near bolcane in the dictionary

  1. bolbitioid
  2. bolboceratid
  3. bolboceratids
  4. Bolbok
  5. Bolboși
  6. bolcane
  7. bold
  8. bold as brass
  9. bold film
  10. bold films
  11. bold move, Cotton

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