Obs. Also 5 bolyon. [a. F. bouillon, f. bouillir to BOIL.] a. A boiling, a quantity (of salt, etc.) boiled at one time (OF. boullon de sel, med.L. bullio ‘mensura salinaria’ Du Cange); cf. mod. ‘a boil of soap.’ b. A certain quantity of quicksilver; cf. ‘un bouillon de vif argent xxv livres pesant’ (Carpentier s.v. Bullionum).
1453. Weighing Charges, in Heath, Grocers’ Comp. (1869), 422. Argent Vyff, ye bolyon … iiijd.
1610. Holland, Camden’s Brit., 575 (D.). In Wich the King and Earle have eight salt pits, which … yeelded on the Friday sixteene Bullions.
