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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Boll \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}.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Boll \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: boll n : the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant
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