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Definition of Bolls
1. boll [v] - See also: boll
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bolls
Literary usage of Bolls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Scotland by George Buchanan, James Aikman (1829)
"16 9 0 Meal, 89 bolls, 3 lip. at do. per boll . 31 3 3 Wethers, 19, at 5s.
per wether . . 4 0 Capons, 128, at 7d. each 3 14 8 Poultry, 512, ..."
2. Publications of the Scottish History Society by Scottish History Society (1890)
"It was as follows:—5 bolls wheat, 46 bolls bear, and 44 bolls oats, which would
amount ... 276 bolls wheat. 225 bolls bear. 62 bolls oats. 230 bolls meal. ..."
3. Origines Parochiales Scotiae: The Antiquities Ecclesiastical and Territorial by William Anderson, Joseph Robertson, James Brodie Brichan, John McNab (1854)
"8d. and 3 bolls 2 ... 8d. and 2 bolls ; Stuk, 53s. ... 4 parts, each 25s., and
for the whole 7 bolls and 2 ..."
4. Charters, bulls and other documents relating to the abbey of Inchaffray by Inchaffray abbey, William Alexander Lindsay, John Dowden, John Maitland Thomson (1908)
"LXVIII [Confirmation by Gilbert de Hav of a grant of four bolls of wheat, and a
further grant bv him of four other bolls.] Gilbert de Hay makes known that ..."
5. The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland by Scotland Privy Council (1902)
"John Wod, 20 bolls Fol- 13e> b> meal, 6 bolls beir and 6 fowls; ... 6 bolls meal,
2 bolls beir and 4 fowls; John Porter, 3 bolls meal, 1 boll beir, ..."
6. Records of Old Aberdeen, MCLVII-[MCMIII] by Aberdeen (Scotland) (1899)
"... Rentall was as follows—The aires of John Forbes lands payes, 7 bolls 2 ...
20 bolls ; the lands of the aires of Thomas Shand, 9 bolls; the Hospital ..."
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