▪ I. † ˈbolly, n. Obs. or dial.
Also bolleroy.
[dim. of boll n.3]
A bogy, hobgoblin.
| 1724 Trial E. Arnold in Howell State Trials (1812) XVI 737 (A Witness)..He came..raving at the bollies and bolleroys..and said, The bollies plagued him. Ibid. 762 (Mr. Justice Tracy) ‘He asked..whether they were plagued with the bollies and bugs, as formerly?’ |
▪ II. † ˈbolly, a. Obs. rare—1.
[f. boll n.1 2 + -y.]
Covered with bubbles.
| 1582 Batman Barth. De P.R. xi. ii. 159 The winde maketh the over parte of water bolly and uneuen. |