Boll
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /bɒl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Boll is a noun meaning The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
Meaning
The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
More Meanings
- A protuberance or excrescence growing on the trunks of some trees, a burl.
- (Scotland) An old dry measure equal to six bushels.
- To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
Example Sentences
The barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
I ſowed on this Ground, without any Dung or Manure, a Lippy of Oats, from which I had a Boll wanting a Chopin.
The farmers ſervants who have families, and engage by the year, are called hinds, and receive 10 bolls oats, 2 bolls barley, and 1 boll peas, which two laſt articles are called hummel corn, […]
Sometimes the slave picks down one side of a row, and back upon the other, but more usually, there is one on either side, gathering all that has blossomed, leaving the unopened bolls for a succeeding picking.
Word Forms
- bolls
- bolling
- bolled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include weevil, weevils, cotton, cottonseed, lint, flaxwort.
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