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bolline

bolline is the alternative form of boline.

Meaning of boline

Noun

boline (plural bolines)

  1. A white handled knife used in Wicca, for physical cutting, in contrast to the athame.
    • 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.2012, Juliet Blackwell, In a Witch's Wardrobe: A Witchcraft Mystery, New York, NY: New American Library, →ISBN, page 28

Forms of bolline

pluralbollines

Origin of bolline

This is the original spelling of this word. Throughout the 20th century, the spelling bolline was used almost exclusively, but in the 21st century the spelling boline became predominant.

Questions about bolline

What is bolline the alternative form of?
Bolline is the alternative form of boline.

Words near bolline in the dictionary

  1. Bolley's green
  2. bolleyball
  3. Bollig
  4. Bolligs
  5. Bollin
  6. bolline
  7. bollines
  8. bolling
  9. Bollinger
  10. Bollinger County
  11. Bollington

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bolline (page history and authors); boline (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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