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English Dictionary: Boll by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boll
n
  1. the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant
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.
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