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boll Definition

boll (bōl)

noun

the roundish seed pod of a plant, esp. of cotton or flax

Etymology: ME bolle, boll, bowl

boll Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • meal: One of them is allowed, by the farmers in his district, a few bolls of meal yearly.
  • oat: Muirhouse, or Murres, are 8 bolls of oats.
  • barley: That part of Gilmerton possessed by Mungo Short, are 4 bolls of barley, and 1 boll of oats.
  • grain: The parish likewise contains a corn-mill in which about 3000 bolls of grain are ground annually.

Adjective modifier

  • few: One of them is allowed, by the farmers in his district, a few bolls of meal yearly.

Modifies a noun

  • weevil: Kill th ' boll weevil, snakes, ticks, an ' bean beetles.

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