Definitions for "BOLINE"
Keywords:  knife, athame, boleen, ritual, witches
A curved ritual knife used for carving magickal tools and cutting and preparing ingredients for magickal workings, celebrations or devotions. The handle is often white in contrast to the black handle of the athame. Also called a boleen, boline or burrin, this tool is associated with the masculine side of nature because it is used for mundane and preparatory ritual actions.
The white-handled knife, used in Wiccan and magic rituals, for practical purposes such as cutting herbs or piercing pomegranates. Compare with Athame.
Knife used by a Witch for practical ritual purposes, such as cutting fruit or paring candles; often white-handled and single-edged; some witches see the boline as sickle-shaped and bone-handled