† boie Obs. rare.
[Identical with Walloon boie, in OSp. boya, It. boja executioner: Diez thinks it may be a transf. use of boja, boia, OF. buie, boye fetter, chain.]
An executioner, a hangman.
| c 1320 Seuyn Sag. 503 ‘Blethliche!’ the boies quathe. Ibid. 960 He het mani a wikke boie His son lede toward the hanging. |