Wani had been wet about the game until he turned out to be good at it, and now he was absorbed and unironical, tripping after the ball, yapping and grinning when he bombed the other boules away from the jack-ball, or cochonnet.
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Boule
/buːl/
Synonyms for "boule" (8 found)
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4 entriesgallium arsenide boulegermanium boulepetanque ballsilicon boule
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6 entriescrystal boulegallium arsenide boulegermanium bouleglass boulepetanque boulesilicon boule
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Behind him is lumber 'sawn in the boule.' Wood is more commonly sawn in this manner in Europe and is stacked in the order it comes from the log.
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Specialty lumber dealers can cut and sticker a log "in the boule," so that boards hold the same relative position they had before milling
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A live-sawn log kept as a unit is known as a boule
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