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A kind of bright meteor; a bolis.
A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; esp. one which explodes.
Of or pertaining to Bolivia.
A native of Bolivia.
The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form.
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.
To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
The Jesuit editors of the "Acta Sanctorum", or Lives of the Saints; -- named from John Bolland, who began the work.
An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes.
of Boll
See Boln, a.
Swollen; puffed out.
A tree from which the branches have been cut; a pollard.
The larva of a moth (Heliothis armigera) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great damage to the crops.
To swell; to puff.
Alt. of Bollen
A Bologna sausage.
A city of Italy which has given its name to various objects.
Of or pertaining to Bologna.
A native of Bologna.