Bolt"ing, n. A darting away; a starting off or aside.
Bolt"ing, n. 1. A sifting, as of flour or meal.
2. (Law) 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.
Bol"ton*ite (&?;), n. (Min.) A granular mineral of a grayish or yellowish color, found in Bolton, Massachusetts. It is a silicate of magnesium, belonging to the chrysolite family.
Bolt"rope` (&?;), n. (Naut.) A rope stitched to the edges of a sail to strengthen the sail.
Bolt"sprit` (&?;), n. [A corruption of bowsprit.] (Naut.) See Bowsprit.
Bol"ty (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) An edible fish of the Nile (genus Chromis). [Written also bulti.]
Bo"lus (&?;), n.; pl. Boluses (&?;). [L. bolus bit, morsel; cf. G. &?; lump of earth. See Bole, n., clay.] A rounded mass of anything, esp. a large pill.
Bom (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) A large American serpent, so called from the sound it makes.
Bomb (&?;), n. [F. bombe bombshell, fr. L. bombus a humming or buzzing noise, Gr. &?;.]