Bolus [according to Dr. Grew]

Bolus [according to Dr. Grew]
a sort of Earth, supposed to be a Bed, and as it were the prima materia of Stones and Metals.

Definition taken from The Universal Etymological English Dictionary, edited by Nathan Bailey (1736)

Bolus [with Physicians] * Bombs
Biˊlboes [Sea Word]
Bistort [with Botanists]
Blaˊsphemy
Blood
Blood
Blooˊdless
Blooˊd hounds
Blood Strange, or Blood Wort
Boˊlus
Bolus [with Physicians]
Bolus [according to Dr. Grew]
Bombs
Bomb [Hieroglyphically]
Bordeˊllo
Boviˊllans [with Cooks]
Bouˊtefeu
Bowyers
Braˊnches [with Architects]
Bumiceˊlli [among the Africans]
Burlˊesk, or Burle’sque
Caiˊsson