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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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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