boline

See also: Boline

English

Alternative forms

• bolline
• boleen

Etymology

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

Noun

boline (plural bolines)

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

     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.

Anagrams

• Nobile, ben oil, neolib, obelin

Italian

Noun

boline f

1. plural of bolina

Anagrams

• Blenio, Neboli, Nobile, belino, nobeli, nobile

Old French

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Middle English bouline, although the Old French is attested earlier than the Middle English.

Noun

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

1. (nautical) bowline