† bollyn.
Obsolete or dialect.
A bogy, hobgoblin.
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > imp, goblin, or hobgoblin
thursec725
puckOE
puckleOE
goblina1350
hurlewaynes kin1399
Hoba1500
bogle?1507
chimera?1521
hobgoblin1530
chyppynutie?1553
bearbug1560
boggard1570
bugbear?c1570
empusa1572
puckerelc1580
puck bug1582
imp1584
urchin1584
fear-babea1586
hob-thrush1590
hodge-poker1598
lar1598
poker1598
bogle-bo1603
mormo1605
foliot1621
mormolukee1624
buggle-boo1625
pug1631
black man1656
feind1659
Tom Poker1673
duende1691
boodie?a1700
worricow1711
bolly1724
Tom Po1744
fleying1811
pooka1824
booger1827
alp1828
boll1847
bogy1857
beastie1867
boogie1880
shag boy1882
1724 Trial E. Arnold in Howell State Trials (1812) XVI. 737 (A Witness)..He came..raving at the bollies and bolleroys..and said, The bollies plagued him.
1724 Trial E. Arnold in Howell State Trials (1812) XVI. 762 (Mr. Justice Tracy) ‘He asked..whether they were plagued with the bollies and bugs, as formerly?’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
† bollyadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Covered with bubbles.
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the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [adjective] > bubbling > full of or covered with bubbles
bubbling1561
bubbly1568
bolly1582
bubbled1607
blebby1755
bubble-filled1882
1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum xi. ii. 159 The winde maketh the over parte of water bolly and uneuen.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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