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Boll

The seed-bearing capsule of certain plants, especially cotton and flax.

Bool

(programming) A Boolean variable (one whose value is either true or false).

Boll

The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.

Bool

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Boll

A protuberance or excrescence growing on the trunks of some trees, a burl.
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Bool

(slang) To relax or hang out (especially with someone).
I'm going to go bool with the boys.

Boll

(Scotland) An old dry measure equal to six bushels.

Boll

To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.

Boll

The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form.

Boll

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.
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Boll

To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
The barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.

Boll

The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant

Boll

German novelist and writer of short stories (1917-1985)

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