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- English Word Bole Definition Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances. It was formerly used in medicine. It is composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia. See Clay, and Terra alba.
- English Word Bole Definition A bolus; a dose.
- English Word Bolection Definition A projecting molding round a panel. Same as Bilection.
- English Word Bolero Definition A Spanish dance, or the lively music which accompanies it.
- English Word bolete Definition any fungus of the family Boletaceae.
- English Word Boletic Definition Pertaining to, or obtained from, the Boletus.
- English Word Boletus Definition A genus of fungi having the under side of the pileus or cap composed of a multitude of fine separate tubes. A few are edible, and others very poisonous.
- English Word Boley Definition Alt. of Bolye
- English Word Bolide Definition A kind of bright meteor; a bolis.
- English Word Bolis Definition A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; esp. one which explodes.
- English Word Bolivian Definition Of or pertaining to Bolivia.
- English Word Bolivian Definition A native of Bolivia.
- English Word Boll Definition The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form.
- English Word Boll Definition 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.
- English Word Boll Definition To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
- English Word Bollandists Definition The Jesuit editors of the "Acta Sanctorum", or Lives of the Saints; -- named from John Bolland, who began the work.
- English Word Bollard Definition An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes.
- English Word Bolled Definition of Boll
- English Word Bollen Definition See Boln, a.
- English Word Bollen Definition Swollen; puffed out.