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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 177 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BOLL , a botanical See also:

term for a See also:fruit-pod, particularly of the See also:cotton plant. The word is in O. Eng. bolla, which is also represented in " bowl," a See also:round See also:vessel for liquids, a variant due to " bowl," See also:ball, which is from the Fr. See also:boule. " Boll " is also used, chiefly in See also:Scotland and the See also:north of See also:England, as a measure of See also:weight for See also:flour =140 lb, and of capacity for See also:grain: 16 pecks =1 boll.

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