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bollOld English bolla "bowl, cup, pot," merged with Middle Dutch bolle "round object," borrowed 13c., both from Proto-Germanic *bul-, from PIE *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell& [..]
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bollpod that carries the seeds of certain plants, such as cotton.
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bolln. A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
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bollThe seedpod of the cotton plant.
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boll(n) the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant
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boll
The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
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*: Sometimes the slave picks down one side of a row, and back upon the other, but more usually, there is one on eit [..]
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