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boll
(encz) | boll,palička bavlníku Zdeněk Brož |
boll
(encz) | boll,palička lnu Zdeněk Brož |
Boll
(gcide) | Boll \Boll\, n. [OE. bolle boll, bowl, AS. bolla. See Bowl a
vessel.]
1. The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a
pericarp of a globular form.
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2. 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.
[Sometimes spelled bole.]
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Boll
(gcide) | Boll \Boll\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bolled.]
To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
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The barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
--Ex. ix. 31.
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boll
(wn) | boll
n 1: the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant |
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bollard
(encz) | bollard,patník n: Jaroslav Šedivý |
bollix
(encz) | bollix,pokazit Pavel Machek |
bollock
(encz) | bollock,varle n: Jiří Dadák |
bollocks
(encz) | bollocks,bordel n: Zdeněk Brožbollocks,hovadina n: [vulg.] Pinobollocks,hovno n: [vulg.] nesmysl Pinobollocks,koule n: pl. [vulg.] [brit.] Pinobollocks,kravina n: [vulg.] Pinobollocks,phe! Zdeněk Brož |
bollox
(encz) | bollox,zpackat v: Jiří Dadák |
cotton bollworm
(encz) | cotton bollworm, n: |
gambolling
(encz) | gambolling, |
pink bollworm
(encz) | pink bollworm, n: |
Boll
(gcide) | Boll \Boll\, n. [OE. bolle boll, bowl, AS. bolla. See Bowl a
vessel.]
1. The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a
pericarp of a globular form.
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2. 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.
[Sometimes spelled bole.]
[1913 Webster]Boll \Boll\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bolled.]
To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
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The barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
--Ex. ix. 31.
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Bollandists
(gcide) | Bollandists \Bol"land*ists\, n. pl.
The Jesuit editors of the "Acta Sanctorum", or Lives of the
Saints; -- named from John Bolland, who began the work.
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Bollard
(gcide) | Bollard \Bol"lard\, n. [Cf. Bole the stem of a tree, and
Pollard.]
An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used
in veering or fastening ropes.
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Bollard timber (Naut.), a timber, also called a knighthead,
rising just within the stem in a ship, on either side of
the bowsprit, to secure its end.
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Bollard timber
(gcide) | Bollard \Bol"lard\, n. [Cf. Bole the stem of a tree, and
Pollard.]
An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used
in veering or fastening ropes.
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Bollard timber (Naut.), a timber, also called a knighthead,
rising just within the stem in a ship, on either side of
the bowsprit, to secure its end.
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Bolled
(gcide) | Boll \Boll\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bolled.]
To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
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The barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
--Ex. ix. 31.
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Bollen
(gcide) | Boln \Boln\, Bollen \Boll"en\, a.
Swollen; puffed out.
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Thin, and boln out like a sail. --B. Jonson.
[1913 Webster]Bollen \Boll"en\, a.
See Boln, a.
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Bolling
(gcide) | Bolling \Boll"ing\, n. [Cf. Bole stem of a tree, and Poll,
v. t.]
A tree from which the branches have been cut; a pollard.
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bollock
(gcide) | bollock \bollock\ n.
one of the two male reproductive glands; a testis; -- usually
spelled ballock, and usually used in the plural.
Syn: gonad, testicle, ball, nut, egg.
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2. a pulley-block at the head of a topmast.
Syn: bullock block.
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bollocks
(gcide) | bollocks \bollocks\ v.
to make a mess of.
Syn: botch, fumble, botch up, muff, blow it, flub, screw up,
ball up, blunder, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix,
bollix up, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up,
foul up, mess up, fuck up.
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Bollworm
(gcide) | Bollworm \Boll"worm`\, n. (Zool.)
The larva of a moth (Heliothis armigera) which devours the
bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great
damage to the crops.
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Gambolled
(gcide) | Gambol \Gam"bol\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gamboled, or Gambolled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Gamboling or Gambolling.]
To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play
in frolic, like boys or lambs.
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Gambolling
(gcide) | Gambol \Gam"bol\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gamboled, or Gambolled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Gamboling or Gambolling.]
To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play
in frolic, like boys or lambs.
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Roltbollia incurvata
(gcide) | Hard grass \Hard" grass`\ (gr[.a]s`). (Bot.)
A name given to several different grasses, especially to the
Roltb["o]llia incurvata, and to the species of Aegilops,
from one of which it is contended that wheat has been
derived.
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Throatboll
(gcide) | Throatboll \Throat"boll`\, n. [Throat + boll a ball.]
The Adam's apple in the neck. [Obs. or R.]
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By the throatboll he caught Aleyn. --Chaucer.
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boll weevil
(wn) | boll weevil
n 1: greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls
destroying the cotton [syn: boll weevil, {Anthonomus
grandis}] |
bollard
(wn) | bollard
n 1: a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching
mooring lines); "the road was closed to vehicular traffic
with bollards" [syn: bollard, bitt] |
bollix
(wn) | bollix
v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and
we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult
passage in the second movement" [syn: botch, bodge,
bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,
screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle,
fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up,
bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up,
fuck up] |
bollix up
(wn) | bollix up
v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and
we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult
passage in the second movement" [syn: botch, bodge,
bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,
screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle,
fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up,
bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up,
fuck up] |
bollock
(wn) | bollock
n 1: one of the two male reproductive glands that produce
spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the
balls and got away" [syn: testis, testicle, orchis,
ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg]
2: a pulley-block at the head of a topmast [syn: bollock,
bullock block] |
bollocks
(wn) | bollocks
v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and
we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult
passage in the second movement" [syn: botch, bodge,
bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,
screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle,
fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up,
bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up,
fuck up] |
bollocks up
(wn) | bollocks up
v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and
we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult
passage in the second movement" [syn: botch, bodge,
bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,
screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle,
fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up,
bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up,
fuck up] |
bollworm
(wn) | bollworm
n 1: any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls |
bollywood
(wn) | Bollywood
n 1: the film industry of India |
cotton bollworm
(wn) | cotton bollworm
n 1: larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially
corn and cotton and tomato crops [syn: corn earworm,
cotton bollworm, tomato fruitworm, tobacco budworm,
vetchworm, Heliothis zia] |
hezbollah
(wn) | Hezbollah
n 1: a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran;
seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in
Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon [syn:
Hizballah, Hezbollah, Hizbollah, Hizbullah,
Lebanese Hizballah, Party of God, Islamic Jihad,
Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine,
Revolutionary Justice Organization, {Organization of the
Oppressed on Earth}] |
hizbollah
(wn) | Hizbollah
n 1: a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran;
seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in
Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon [syn:
Hizballah, Hezbollah, Hizbollah, Hizbullah,
Lebanese Hizballah, Party of God, Islamic Jihad,
Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine,
Revolutionary Justice Organization, {Organization of the
Oppressed on Earth}] |
pink bollworm
(wn) | pink bollworm
n 1: larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia; feeds on
the seeds of cotton bolls [syn: pink bollworm, {Gelechia
gossypiella}] |
netbollix
(foldoc) | NetBOLLIX
["bollix": to bungle] IBM's NetBIOS, an extremely
brain-damaged network protocol that, like Blue Glue,
is used at commercial shops that don't know any better.
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