About The Word Boll
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Boll
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What's The Definition Of Boll?
[n] the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant
Synonyms | Synonyms for Boll: Related Terms | Find terms related to Boll: ball | balloon | bladder | blob | bolus | bubble | bulb | bulbil | bulblet | burr | capsule | cod | ellipsoid | follicle | geoid | globe | globelet | globoid | globule | glomerulus | gob | gobbet | hull | husk | knob | knot | legume | legumen | oblate spheroid | orb | orbit | orblet | pease cod | pellet | pericarp | pod | prolate spheroid | rondure | seed pod | seed vessel | seedbox | seedcase | silique | sphere | spheroid | spherule See Also | capsule Boll In Webster's Dictionary \Boll\, n. [OE. bolle boll, bowl, AS. bolla. See {Bowl} a
vessel.]
1. The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a
pericarp of a globular form.
2. A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it
contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and
potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs.
avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels.
[Sometimes spelled {bole}.]
\Boll\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bolled}.] To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed. The barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled. --Ex. ix. 31. |
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