Boolies

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Booly \Boo"ly\, n.; pl. {Boolies}. [Ir. buachail cowherd; bo cow
     + giolla boy.]
     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.
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