dholl

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A form of dal — Any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

noundholl (countable and uncountable, plural dholls)

plural dholls

  1. archaiccountableuncountableArchaic form of dal (“pigeon pea”).

    As a reviver for exhausted soils dholl is one of the most effective things that can be grown on the Coast Lands.

    1901 April 12, “District Reports”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 3, page 68
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    The next class of farinaceous foods are the Pulses, as peas, beans, and lentils of this country, and the dholls and grams of India.

    1870, Henry Letheby, On Food, page 22
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