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Pronunciation : Bolt"ing
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A darting away; a starting off or aside.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bolt"ing
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A sifting, as of flour or meal.

2. (Law)

Defn: A private arguing of cases for practice by students, as in the Inns of Court. [Obs.] Bolting cloth, wire, hair, silk, or other sieve cloth of different degrees of fineness; -- used by millers for sifting flour. McElrath. -- Bolting hutch, a bin or tub for the bolted flour or meal; (fig.) a receptacle.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913