BOLL • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Boll

... as pink as a rose, And white as a cotton-boll; Let us follow the plan of the folk in Japan, And dance for your Feast, little Doll-doll-doll, And dance ...

— Pinafore Palace • Various

... he acted yet more completely the part for which he was born—that of a great Baron and a leader. Two bullocks, and six sheep, weekly, were the allowance when the Baron was at home, and the number was not greatly diminished during his absence. A boll of malt was weekly brewed into ale, which was used by the household at discretion. Bread was baked in proportion for the consumption of his domestics and retainers; and in this scene of plenty had Roland Graeme now lived for several years. It formed a bad introduction ...

— The Abbot • Sir Walter Scott