boline

See also: Boline

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

boline (plural bolines)

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

Anagrams

Italian

Noun

boline f

  1. plural of bolina

Anagrams

Old French

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Middle English bouline, although 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).
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