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.
Bolt, n. A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter. B. Jonson.
Bol"tel (&?;), n. See Boultel.
Bolt"er (&?;), n. One who bolts; esp.: (a) A horse which starts suddenly aside. (b) A man who breaks away from his party.
Bolt"er, n. 1. One who sifts flour or meal.
2. An instrument or machine for separating bran from flour, or the coarser part of meal from the finer; a sieve.
Bolt"er, n. A kind of fishing line. See Boulter.
Bolt"head` (&?;), n. 1. (Chem.) A long, straight-necked, glass vessel for chemical distillations; -- called also a matrass or receiver.