Vocabulary : Bollworm to Bolstered

Bollworm : 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 : To swell; to puff. ;; Alt. of Bollen
Bolo : A kind of large knife resembling a machete.
Bologna : A city of Italy which has given its name to various objects. ;; A Bologna sausage.
Bolognese : Of or pertaining to Bologna. ;; A native of Bologna.

Bolognian : Bolognese.
Bolometer : An instrument for measuring minute quantities of radiant heat, especially in different parts of the spectrum; -- called also actinic balance, thermic balance.
Bolsa : An exchange for the transaction of business.
Bolster : A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows. ;; 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. ;; Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc. ;; A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle. ;; A cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing. ;; Anything used to prevent chafing. ;; A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment. ;; A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests. ;; The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck. ;; the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.
Bolstered : of Bolster ;; Supported; upheld. ;; Swelled out.

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