Pronunciations
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/ˈboʊlɪs/
Noun
A bolide or fireball (type of meteor)
Usage- Archaic
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A bolis appearing as large as an orange, with a train some yards in length, crossed Wrenbury, Cheshire, about 10 p.m. (p. 305). The observer was my brother, Mr. William Thomson, surgeon, Wrenbury, near Nantwich.