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.