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Webster 1913 Edition
Booly
Boo′ly
,Noun.
pl.
Boolies
. [Ir.
buachail
cowherd; bo
cow + giolla
boy.] A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers.
[Obs.]
[Written also
boley
, bolye
, bouillie
.] Spenser.
Definition 2024
booly
booly
English
Alternative forms
- boley
- bolye
- bouillie
Noun
booly (plural boolies)
- (obsolete) A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars.
- (obsolete) A place in the mountain pastures enclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers.
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