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Booly

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.
--Spenser.

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booly

n. 1 (context obsolete English) A company of Irish herdsman, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars. 2 (context obsolete English) A place in the mountain pastures enclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers.

Usage examples of "booly".

After all Booly reasoned, once the officers ran, the troops were likely to follow.

Legion General Bill Booly followed the corridor that circled the outer edge of the wheel-shaped space station, he found himself rubbing shoulders with all manner of fellow beings, including brightly feathered Prithians, hulking Hudathans, work-worn androids, exoskeleton-clad Dwellers, cybernetic humans, and more.

Transcendental missionary lurched out of the crowd, her begging terminal extended in both hands, and Booly circled to the left.

Then, spotting the bed in the half-lit murk, Booly crawled up toward a mountain of white pillows.

Maylo into the backseat, left Booly to fend for himself, and circled the floater to take his position behind the controls.

Prosser, Booly, and Maylo could move about without the protection afforded by space armor.

The samples had already been unloaded from the shuttle by the time Hiko appeared on the scene and Booly was nervous.

Syndicate simply steal them, Booly had allowed Prosser to talk him into bringing some samples.

But, rather than unload parts, the freighter would disgorge as many commandos as Booly could cram into her hull, and they would take control of the bay.

But Booly climbed the roll-up stairs, waved from the top, and entered the shuttle.

Though he still might be able to hit the Booly positions by surprise, and even the odds a bit.

The referees there had agreed that 2nd Battalion and the Condaro had driven them off with fairly heavy Booly casualties and only modest casualties of their own.

Veterans each of whom, for the purpose of the exercise, represented a Condaro or Booly platoon.

Booly learned during a childhood when nearly all of his Naa playmates could run faster, jump higher, and generally outperform him in every way.

The Boolies had hit them, Brossling said, but the assault hadn't been as bad as expected.