Obs. Also bule, bull. [app. a. OF. boul, boule, bole ‘fraude, tromperie, astuce’ (Godef.): cf. BULL v.3] ? Falsehood.

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a. 1300.  Cursor M., 21270. I sal you tel, wit-vten bul [v.r. bule]. Ibid., 26371. Sais crist to ypocrites … yee ar … al ful wit wickednes, tresun, and bull.

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