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A rounded mass of anything, esp. a large pill.

A thrower of the discus.

Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe.

A small silver coin of Athens, the sixth part of a drachma, about three cents in value.

A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses; a bolus. White.

A bolus; a dose. Coleridge. Armenian bole. See under Armenian. -- Bole Armoniac, or Armoniak, Armenian bole. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Tasmanian devil (Zoöl.), a very savage carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania (Dasyurus, or Diabolus, ursinus). -- To play devil with, to molest extremely; to ruin. [Low]

The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.

An obstruction or embolus.

d, and to polluted drinking water. -- Milk snake (Zoöl.), a harmless American snake (Ophibolus triangulus, or O. eximius). It is variously marked with white, gray, and red. Called also milk adder, chicken snake, house snake, etc. -- Milk sugar. (Physiol. Chem.) See Lactose, and Sugar of milk (below). -- Milk thistle…

A medicinal substance in the form of a bolus or mass, designed for introduction into the vagina; a vaginal suppository.

The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket. Boyle.

A pill or bolus for introduction into the rectum; esp., a cylinder or cone of medicated cacao butter.