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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bolt \Bolt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bolted}; p. pr & vb n. {Bolting}.] 1. To shoot; to discharge or drive forth. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bolt \Bolt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bolted}; p. pr & vb n. {Bolting}.] [OE. bolten, boulten, OF buleter F. bluter, fr Ll buletare buratare cf F. bure coarse woolen stuff; fr L. burrus red. See {Borrel}, and cf {Bultel}.] 1. To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means He now had bolted all the flour. --Spenser. Ill schooled in bolted language. --Shak. 2. To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out Time and nature will bolt out the truth of things --L'Estrange. 3. (Law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law. --Jacob. {To bolt to the bran}, to examine thoroughly, so as to separate or discover everything important. --Chaucer. This bolts the matter fairly to the bran. --Harte. The report of the committee was examined and sifted and bolted to the bran. --Burke. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bolted adj : firmly fastened or secured against opening; "windows and doors were all fast"; "a locked closet"; "left the house properly secured" [syn: {barred}, {fast}, {latched}, {locked}, {secured}]
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