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Bolis

//ˈboʊlɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A bolide or fireball (type of meteor) archaic

    "A bolis appearing as large as an orange, with a train some yards in length, crossed Wrenbury, Cheshire, about 10 p.m. (p. 305). The observer was my brother, Mr. William Thomson, surgeon, Wrenbury, near Nantwich."

  2. 2
    plural of boli form-of, plural

Etymology

From Latin bolis, from Ancient Greek βολίς (bolís, “missile, arrow, javelin”). Doublet of bolide.

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