dholl

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Noun

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dholl (countable and uncountable, plural dholls)

  1. Obsolete form of dal (pigeon pea).
    • 1870, Henry Letheby, On Food, page 22:
      The next class of farinaceous foods are the Pulses, as peas, beans, and lentils of this country, and the dholls and grams of India.
    • 1901 April 12, “District Reports”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record[1], volume 4, number 3, page 68:
      As a reviver for exhausted soils dholl is one of the most effective things that can be grown on the Coast Lands.