n. [ OE. bolle boll, bowl, AS. bolla. See Bowl a vessel. ]
v. i.
The barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled. Ex. ix. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. The Jesuit editors of the “Acta Sanctorum”, or Lives of the Saints; -- named from
n. [ Cf. Bole the stem of a tree, and Pollard. ] An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bollard timber (Naut.),
Thin, and boln out like a sail. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. See Boln, a. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Bole stem of a tree, and Poll, v. t. ] A tree from which the branches have been cut; a pollard. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. one of the two male reproductive glands; a testis; -- usually spelled
v. to make a mess of.
n. (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]