Bolting

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A sifting, as of flour or meal.

II. Bolting ·noun A darting away; a starting off or aside.

III. Bolting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Bolt.

IV. Bolting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Bolt.

V. Bolting ·noun A private arguing of cases for practice by students, as in the Inns of Court.

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