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单词 boie
释义

boien.

Etymology: Identical with Walloon boie, in Old Spanish boya, Italian boja executioner: Diez thinks it may be a transferred use of boja, boia, Old French buie, boye fetter, chain.
Obsolete. rare.
An executioner, a hangman.
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c1320 Seuyn Sag. 503 ‘Blethliche!’ the boies quathe.
c1320 Seuyn Sag. 960 He het mani a wikke boie His son lede toward the hanging.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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