Boll vs Boll - What's the difference?
boll | boll |
The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
* 1853 ,
An old Scots dry measure, equal to six bushels.
To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
* Bible, Exodus ix. 31
The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
* 1853 ,
An old Scots dry measure, equal to six bushels.
To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
* Bible, Exodus ix. 31
As nouns the difference between boll and boll
is that boll is bowl, dish while boll is bowl, dish.boll
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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.
Derived terms
* boll weevil * throat-bollVerb
(en verb)- The barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled .
boll
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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.
Derived terms
* boll weevil * throat-bollVerb
(en verb)- The barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled .