Boln
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /boʊln/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Boln is an adjective meaning (obsolete) Swollen; puffed out.
Meaning
(obsolete) Swollen; puffed out.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) To swell; to puff.
Example Sentences
Se howe this toode bolneth:
For it is better to Sleepe lyttle and somewhat wyth watching to soke away humous, then immoderatly to bolne, swell and therewyth throughly to be cloyed.
The Riuer, as running along the ſide of the City; in a skinne made like fleſh, naked, and blevv. His mantle of ſea-greene or vvater colour, thinne, and bolne out like a ſayle; […]
and when the great raines or water cometh and ſinketh thorow the gravell, and cometh to the earth, then the earth ſwelleth and bolneth, and waxeth ſoft, and with treading, and eſpecially with carriage, the gravel ſinketh and goeth downwards; […]
Word Forms
- bollen
- bolns
- bolning
- bolned
Synonyms for boln
Depending on context, synonyms include bulging, distended, tumid, bulled, extuberant, farced.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bollen, bloat, forswollen, puffed, overswollen, swole.
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