1676. Phil. Trans., XI. 615. Some are marly some bolar, some sandy, some talky, some limy.
1791. Hamilton, Berthollets Dyeing, I. Introd. 20. Some of the bolar earths were likewise employed [in washing].
1852. Th. Ross, trans. Humboldts Trav., II. xxiv. 502. The bolar and sigillated earths of Lemnos, which are clay mingled with oxide of iron.