\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.
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}.]

\Boll\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bolled}.]
To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
      The barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
                                               --Ex. ix. 31.