Boiley or Boily.

Bread soaked in water. A word used in baby-farming establishments (French, bouillie). (Pall Mall Budget, Aug. 22, 1889.)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Bogtrotters
Bogus
Bohême (La)
Bohemia
Bohemian
Bohemian Brethren
Bohemian Life (A)
Bohort (Sir)
Boies
Boiling-point
Boiley or Boily
Boisserean Collection
Bolay or Boley
Bold
Bolerium Promontory
Bolero
Bolingbroke
Bollandists
Bollen
Bologna Stone
Bolognese School