boline

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noun

A white handled knife used in Wicca, for physical cutting, in contrast to the athame.

OriginItalian bolino →
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Meanings

nounboline (plural bolines)

plural bolines · alternative bolline · alternative boleen

  1. A white handled knife used in Wicca, for physical cutting, in contrast to the athame.

    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.

    2012, Juliet Blackwell, In a Witch's Wardrobe: A Witchcraft Mystery, New York, NY: New American Library, →ISBN, page 28

Origin

  1. Italianbolino
  2. Englishboline

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.

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APA

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MLA

“boline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boline. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boline,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boline.

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