What does bombylious mean?
Bombylious means (obsolete) Buzzing like a bumblebee..
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/bɒmˈbɪliəs/ · adjective
(obsolete) Buzzing like a bumblebee..
[T]he VVhame or Burrel-fly, vvhich is vexatious to Horſes in Summer, not by ſtinging them, but only by their bombylious Noiſe, or tickling them in laying their Nits, or Eggs on the Hair; […]
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Bombylious means (obsolete) Buzzing like a bumblebee..
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[T]he VVhame or Burrel-fly, vvhich is vexatious to Horſes in Summer, not by ſtinging them, but only by their bombylious Noiſe, or tickling them in laying their Nits, or Eggs on the Hair; […]
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