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bolins PERICLES, iii. 1. 43. “Bowlines are ropes by which the sails of a ship are governed when the wind is unfavourable. They are slackened when it is high. This term occurs again in The Two Noble Kinsmen, iv. 1. 149. ‘the wind is fair.
Top the bowling.’ They who wish for more particular information concerning bolings, may find it in Smith's Sea Grammar, 4to, 1627, p. 23” (STEEVENS) .

A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.

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