Boll

Boll, a measure of capacity for grain, &c., used in Scotland and the North of England. In Scot- land it is usually equivalent to 6 imperial bushels, but in England it varies from that to 2 bushels—the 'new boll.' It is also a measure of weight, containing, for flour, 10 stone (= 140 lb.). The word is pronounced bow in modern Scotch; being entirely a northern word, it may be distinct from the English bole, and be rather an old Norse word—the Scandinavian equivalent of the old English bolle, modern bowl. See a table of its local values in Old Country and Farming Words (English Dialect Society, 1880).