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  1. 1. n. The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. i. To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 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.] 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. Source: webster
  6. 6. 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. Source: adambom
  7. 7. n:100 n. the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant Source: ecdict

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