† boulen.1
? Obsolete.
A measure of lead ore: see quot.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > ore > [noun] > lead-ore > measure of
boule1458
bout1747
freeing dish1851
1458 Exchequer Rec. in T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon. (1811) (modernized text) Introd. p. xviii Bouls of..Glance Oar.
1670 J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales Gloss. Boule or dish, which is a certain measure, wherewith the Miner use to measure out the duties to the Church and King..containing about half a peck.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
boulen.2
/buːl/, U.S. /bul/ An altered form of the word commonly spelt buhl n. See Boulle n.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
boulen.3
/ˈbuːli/, /ˈbuːleɪ/, /ˈbaʊliː/, U.S. /ˈbuli/ A legislative council of ancient Greece, originally aristocratic and consisting of the heads of families, later consisting of representatives chosen by lot.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of body or spec. bodies > [noun] > with reference to foreign countries > in ancient Greece
boule1846
1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. i. xx. 89 The Boulê, or council of chiefs, and the Agora, or general assembly of freemen.
1905 Spectator 4 Mar. 318/2 The Boulé, which answers practically to the House of Commons.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
boulen.4
/buːl/, U.S. /bul/ 1. A game resembling roulette (see quot. 1911). Also attributive.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > other games of chance > [noun]
even or odd1538
love1585
Jack-in-the-box?1593
under-hat1629
pluck-penny1643
morra1659
catch-dolt1674
shuffle-cap1712
fair chance1723
E O1751
teetotum1753
rondo1821
cut-throat1823
hop-my-fool1824
odds and evens1841
spin-'em-round1851
halfpenny under the hat1853
racehorses1853
fan-tan1878
tan1883
pakapoo1886
legality1888
petits chevaux1891
pai gow1906
boule1911
put and take1921
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 308/2 In recent years there has been a tendency to supplant the petits chevaux at French resorts by the boule or ball game..; in this a ball is rolled on a basin-shaped table so that it may eventually settle in one of a number of shallow cups, each marked with a figure.
1927 Daily Express 31 Aug. 4 Boule, that anaemic variation of roulette.
1928 Daily Tel. 10 July 15/5 Rooms for boule and baccarat.
1937 M. Allingham Dancers in Mourning i. 3 A shower of counters on a boule table.
2. A French form of bowls, played on rough ground, usually with metal balls. Also in plural form.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > bowls or bowling > [noun] > forms of
long bowl1497
byles1530
trule1568
portbowls1585
long bullets1679
boccia1827
bocce1828
trailing1902
boule1924
bias bowls1939
pétanque1955
1924 W. J. Locke Coming of Amos xvii. 220 I..aided her to play a childish game of boule.
1942 W. Simpson One of our Pilots is Safe iv. 107 Groups of soldiers were playing ‘boules’, a crude form of bowls played on rough ground, which was very popular in France.
1953 F. Stark Coast of Incense ii. 96 The game of boule—bowls without the bowling-green.
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