Armenian bole. See under Armenian. -- Bole Armoniac, or Armoniak, Armenian bole. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Bo*lec"tion (&?;), n. (Arch.) A projecting molding round a panel. Same as Bilection. Gwilt.
||Bo*le"ro (&?;), n. [Sp.] (Mus.) A Spanish dance, or the lively music which accompanies it.
bolete n. any fungus of the family Boletaceae.
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Bo*let"ic (&?;), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the Boletus.
Boletic acid, an acid obtained from the Boletus fomentarius, variety pseudo-igniarius. Same as Fumaric acid.
||Bo*le"tus (&?;), n. [L. boletus, Gr. &?;.] (Bot.) 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.
{ Bo"ley, Bo"lye } (&?;), n. Same as Booly.
Bo"lide (&?;), n. [F. See Bolis.] A kind of bright meteor; a bolis.
||Bo"lis, n. [L., fr. Gr. &?; missile, arrow, fr. &?; to throw.] A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; esp. one which explodes.
Bo*liv"i*an (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to Bolivia. -- n. A native of Bolivia.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Boll"en (&?;), a. See Boln, a.
Boll"ing (&?;), n. [Cf. Bole stem of a tree, and Poll, v. t.] A tree from which the branches have been cut; a pollard.
Boll"worm` (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) 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.
Boln (&?;), v. i. [OE. bolnen, bollen; cf. Dan. bulne. Cf. Bulge.] To swell; to puff. Holland.
{ Boln (&?;), Boll"en (&?;), } a. Swollen; puffed out.
Thin, and boln out like a sail.
B. Jonson.
Bo*lo"gna (&?;), n. 1. A city of Italy which has given its name to various objects.