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- noun Plural form of
bulse .
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Examples
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Don't you remember what traditions there used to be of chests of plate, bulses of diamonds, laces of inestimable value, sent out of the country privately by the old Queen, to enrich certain relations in M-ckl-nb-rg Str-l-tz?
Roundabout Papers William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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All who could help or hurt at Court, ministers, mistresses, priests, were kept in good humour by presents of shawls and silks, birds 'nests and atar of roses, bulses of diamonds and bags of guineas.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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The parcels or bulses in which the gold is packed up are formed of the integument that covers the heart of the buffalo.
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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When I had finished, I loaded it with some bulses of rubies, emeralds, ambergris, rock-crystal, and bales of rich stuffs.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Complete Anonymous 1791
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Don’t you remember what traditions there used to be of chests of plate, bulses of diamonds, laces of inestimable value, sent out of the country privately by the old
Roundabout Papers 2006
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