Bolled vs Dolled - What's the difference?
bolled | dolled |
(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
(doll)
A toy in the form of a human.
(informal) Used to refer to or address a woman.
(Australia) A term of endearment (ie. darling).
As verbs the difference between bolled and dolled
is that bolled is (boll) while dolled is (doll).bolled
English
Verb
(head)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 .