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BOLCA

  • noun [ masculine ]
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BOLCA, an; m.
The gangway of a ship; forus navis
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  • Bolca

    forus,

      Cot. 86.
  • Geseah weard beran ofer bolcan beorhte randas

    the guard saw bright shields borne over the ship's gangway,

      Beo. Th. 467; B. 231: Andr. Kmbl. 1203; An. 602.
  • He on bolcan sæt

    he sat on the gangway,

    610:
      An. 305.
  • [Icel. búlki, m. the cargo of a ship.]
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