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.