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bolis - What does it mean?

Definition of 'bolis'

English

Noun

  • A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; especially one which explodes.
  • * 1851 , British Association for the Advancement of Science, Report (volume 20, page 90)
  • 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.
    (Webster 1913) ----