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