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<hw>Boll"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Bole</er> stem of a tree, and <er>Poll</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>A tree from which the branches have been cut; a pollard.</def>

<h1>Bollworm</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Boll"worm`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The larva of a moth (<spn>Heliothis armigera</spn>) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great damage to the crops.</def>

<h1>Boln</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Boln</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bolnen</ets>, <ets>bollen</ets>; cf. Dan. <ets>bulne</ets>. Cf. <er>Bulge</er>.]</ety> <def>To swell; to puff.</def>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Boln, Bollen</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw><hw>Boln</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Boll"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Swollen; puffed out.</def>

<blockquote>Thin, and <b>boln</b> out like a sail. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bologna</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Bo*lo"gna</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A city of Italy which has given its name to various objects.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A Bologna sausage.</def>

<cs><col>Bologna sausage</col> <ety>[It. salsiccia di <ets>Bologna<ets>], <cd>a large sausage made of bacon or ham, veal, and pork, chopped fine and inclosed in a skin.</cd> -- <col>Bologna stone</col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>radiated barite, or barium sulphate, found in roundish masses composed of radiating fibers, first discovered near Bologna. It is phosphorescent when calcined.</cd> -- <col>Bologna vial</col>, <cd>a vial of unannealed glass which will fly into pieces when its surface is scratched by a hard body, as by dropping into it a fragment of flint; whereas a bullet may be dropped into it without injury.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bolognese</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Bo*lo`gnese"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Bologna.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> A native of Bologna.</def></def2>

<cs><col>Bolognese school</col> <fld>(Paint.)</fld>, <cd>a school of painting founded by the Carracci, otherwise called the Lombard or Eclectic school, the object of which was to unite the excellences of the preceding schools.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bolognian</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Bo*lo"gnian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <def>Bolognese.</def>

<cs><col>Bolognian stone</col>. <cd>See <i>Bologna stone<i>, under <er>Bologna</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bolometer</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Bo*lom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> a stroke, ray + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>An instrument for measuring minute quantities of radiant heat, especially in different parts of the spectrum; -- called also <altname>actinic balance</altname>, <altname>thermic balance</altname>.</def>

<i>S. P. Langley.</i>

<h1>Bolster</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Bol"ster</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>bolster</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>b<?/lstr</ets>, Sw. & Dan. <ets>bolster</ets>, OHG. <ets>bolstar</ets>, <ets>polstar</ets>, G. <ets>polster</ets>; from the same root as E. <ets>bole</ets> stem, <ets>bowl</ets> hollow vessel. Cf. <er>Bulge</er>, <er>Poltroon</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows.</def>

<blockquote>And here I'll fling the pillow, there the <b>bolster</b>, This way the coverlet, another way the sheets. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.</def>

<blockquote>This arm shall be a <b>bolster</b> for thy head. <i>Gay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc.</def>