| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Adjective | 1. An alternative spelling for "Boln, a": The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.[Websters] 2. Swollen; puffed out.[Websters] 3. Seldom used base adjective of the adverb bollenly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (bollenly) |
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the adjective bollen.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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Date "Bollen" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1584. (references) |
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| Literature | 1: "The barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled."- Exod. ix. 31. 2: Bollen Swollen. (Anglo Saxon, bolla, a bowl.) Hence "joints bolne-big" (Golding), and "bolne in pride" (Phaer). The seed capsule or pod of flax is called a "boll." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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