? Obs. [app. a variant spelling of BOLL, BOWL, a hemispherical dish.] A measure of lead ore: see quot.
1449. Excheq. Records, in Risdon, Surv. Devon, Introd. 18. 144 Bouls of Glance Oar.
1670. Pettus, Fodinæ Regales, s.v. Boule, cited in Tapping, Gloss. Lead-mining Terms, 1851 (E.D.S.), 24. Boule or Dish, a certain measure wherewith the miners are accustomed to measure out the duties to the church and king … it formerly contained about half a peck.
