What does boln mean?
Boln means (obsolete) Swollen; puffed out..
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/boʊln/ · adjective
(obsolete) Swollen; puffed out..
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; […]
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.
Se howe this toode bolneth:
Use boln when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Boln means (obsolete) Swollen; puffed out..
Common synonyms include bulging, distended, tumid, boln.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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; […]
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