Thesaurus: booly

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1. n. A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers.
2. A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers. [Obs.] [Written also boley, bolye, bouillie.] Spenser.
3. A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wanderingfrom place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk,like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed forthe shelter of cattle or their keepers. [Obs.] [Written also boley,bolye, bouillie.] Spenser.
4. booly (plural boolies) (obsolete) A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars. (obsolete) A place in the mountain pastures enclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers.