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bolning

bolning is the present participle and gerund of boln.

Meaning of boln

Verb

boln (third-person singular simple present bolns, present participle bolning, simple past and past participle bolned)

  1. (obsolete) To swell; to puff.
    • and when the great raines or water cometh and ſinketh thorow the gravell, and cometh to the earth, then the earth ſwelleth and bolneth, and waxeth ſoft, and with treading, and eſpecially with carriage, the gravel ſinketh and goeth downwards; […]1523, John Fitzherbert, The boke of husbandry, quoted in Richard Bradley, A Complete Body of Husbandry, published 1727, page 274

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Questions about bolning

What is bolning the present participle and gerund of?
Bolning is the present participle and gerund of boln.

Words near bolning in the dictionary

  1. Bolna
  2. bolned
  3. Bolney
  4. Bolnhurst
  5. Bolnhurst and Keysoe
  6. bolning
  7. bolo
  8. Bolo Batallion
  9. Bolo knife
  10. Bolo knives
  11. Bolo Norte

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