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noun

Bolter n.

One who sifts flour or meal.

An instrument or machine for separating bran from flour, or the coarser part of meal from the finer; a sieve.

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Etymology of 'Bolter'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bolter" Quotes from Famous Books

... stretch out to the crack of doom? Another yet!—A seventh!—I'll see no more:— And yet the eighth appears, who bears a glass Which shows me many more; and some I see That twofold balls and treble sceptres carry: Horrible sight!—Now I see 'tis true; For the blood-bolter'd Banquo smiles upon me, And points at them ...

— Macbeth • William Shakespeare [Collins edition]

... 'Come, old Bolter!' exclaimed one, 'here's Miss Bussington coming to look after you—got her mamma with her, too—so you may as well knock under at once, for she's ...

— Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour • R. S. Surtees

... something too. My name is Roger Wildrake of Squattlesea-mere, Lincoln; not that you are ever like to have heard it before, but I was captain in Lunsford's light-horse, and afterwards with Goring. I was a child-eater, sir—a babe-bolter." ...

— Woodstock; or, The Cavalier • Sir Walter Scott

... sure you gave him good counsel," said the Duke, screwing his eyeglass which he wore on a long black ribbon into his whimsical old blue eye. "But Tristram's a tender mouth, and a bit of a bolter—got to ride him on the snaffle, ...

— The Reason Why • Elinor Glyn