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) A white handled knife used in Wicca, for physical cutting, in contrast to the athame. === Anagrams === Nobile, ben oil, neolib, obelin == Italian == === Noun === boline f 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) (nautical) bowline === References === == Portuguese == === Verb === boline inflection of bolinar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative