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bŏiae , ārum, f. bos,
I.a collar for the neck, κλοιός (orig. of leather; hence the name; “but later of wood or iron),” Fest. p. 29; Isid. Orig. 5, 27, 12: boia κλοιός, Gloss. Vet.: “pedicae boiae,” Plaut. As. 3, 2, 5: attrita boiis colla, Prud. Psych. praef. 34.—For boiam terere, v. Boii fin.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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