"bolcane" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Fingallian bolcane, from Irish bolcán (“spirits, strong drink”). Doublet of volcano. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|gmw-fin|bolcane}} Fingallian bolcane, {{der|en|ga|bolcán||spirits, strong drink}} Irish bolcán (“spirits, strong drink”), {{doublet|en|volcano}} Doublet of volcano Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} bolcane (uncountable)
  1. (Ireland, obsolete) Spirits; alcoholic drink; poteen. Tags: Ireland, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Alcoholic beverages
    Sense id: en-bolcane-en-noun-Bx538Jr9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Irish English

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          "ref": "1683 Patrick Simmons \"Strange and wonderful news from Ireland : of a whale of a prodigious size, being eighty two foot long, cast ashore on the third of this instant February, near Dublin, and there exposed to publick view\" (London : broadsheet Printed for S. Kemp)",
          "text": "Sheela at her Prayers, and Nabla at her Sneezing, Dermot at his Beads, and Rory at his Bolcane and Usquebah"
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        "(Ireland, obsolete) Spirits; alcoholic drink; poteen."
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