The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Boll \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.
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   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.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Boll \Boll\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bolled.]
   To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
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         The barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
                                                  --Ex. ix. 31.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

boll
    n 1: the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant