Found 3 items, similar to Boll.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: boll
kotak benih
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: boll
boll
n 1: the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant
2: German novelist and writer of short stories (1917-1985)
[syn:
Heinrich Boll,
Heinrich Theodor Boll]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Boll
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.
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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.]
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Boll
\Boll\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Bolled.]
To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
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The barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
--Ex. ix. 31.
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