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name
A surname from the Germanic languages.
A surname from German.
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name
A surname from the Germanic languages.
A surname from Danish.
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noun
The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
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noun
A protuberance or excrescence growing on the trunks of some trees, a burl.
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noun
An old dry measure equal to six bushels.
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Usage: Scotland
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verb
To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
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noun
the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: capsule
History
* As a Danish and German surname, from Danish Bøll, German Böll. * Also as a German surname, from the personal name Baldo (see Bold). Compare Boell. * As an English surname, variant of Bull. * Also as an English surname, from the noun bowl. Compare Bowler. * As a Scottish surname, variant of Boyle.
From Middle English bolle (“pod; shell”) and Middle Dutch bolle (“round object”), from Frankish *bollo, all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bullô (“round object; bowl”). More at bowl.
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
