 When the name "boline" was first used to describe the crescent-shaped blade is not clear.In "The Book of Ceremonial Magic" published by Arthur Edward Waite in 1911, Waite references a number of early works on magic which mention the "bolline" or "sickle", saying Among the necessary properties mentioned by the Book of "True Black Magic" are the sword, the staff, the rod, the lancet, the arctrave or hook, the bolline or sickle, the needle, the poniard, a white-handled knife and another knife, with a black handle, used to describe the circle.The most important to make is that called the bolline..."