Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who bolts, in any sense of the verb.
- noun A sieve; an instrument or machine for separating bran from flour, or the coarser part of meal from the finer.
- noun A kind of fishing-line.
- To clot.
- noun A machine for sawing logs into a size suitable for cutting into small strips. The pieces cut by a bolter are called
bolts , and these bolts are sawed into laths, pickets, etc., in a gang-saw. - noun In archery, an archer who, after drawing the bow, looses too soon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who sifts flour or meal.
- noun An instrument or machine for separating bran from flour, or the coarser part of meal from the finer; a sieve.
- noun A kind of fishing line. See
boulter . - noun One who bolts; esp.: (a) A horse which starts suddenly aside. (b) A man who breaks away from his party.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person or thing that
bolts . - noun botany, horticulture A plant that grows larger and more rapidly than usual.
- noun A machine or mechanism that automatically sifts milled flour.
- noun A
filter mechanism. - noun Australia, sports An obscure athlete who wins an
upset victory. - noun Australia A horse that wins at long odds.
- noun New Zealand, sports In team sports, a relatively little-known or inexperienced player who inspires the team to greater success.
- noun US, politics A member of a political party who does not support the party's
nominee . - noun A missed
landing on anaircraft carrier ; an aircraft that has made a missed landing. - noun A kind of
fishing line ; aboulter .
Etymologies
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Examples
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As the wheels touched steel he shoved the throttles forward; if his tail-hook missed the arresting wire, he needed full power for a "bolter" -- a touch-and-go that would send him off the forward deck and around for a second pass.
Carrie Douglass, Keith 1991
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He is a 56-year-old bolter, what's known as a bolter, who puts actually bolts in the ceiling of the mine.
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It didn't bolter, which is the thing nobody wanted.
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Not a pleasant maneuver -- it was called a bolter, and was far more embarrassing than a wave-off.
Nuke Zone Douglass, Keith 1998
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His ex-wife recalled him as a "bolter": they'd be walking down the street and suddenly he'd be gone, to return hours later with an apology.
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The moment the tailhook had successfully engaged the arrestor wire and it was clear the Pilot wouldn't have to pull a "bolter" off the deck and come around for another try, the aircraft's engines spooled down again.
Countdown Douglass, Keith 1994
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Words_, first pointed out that 'bolter' was peculiarly a
English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day 1873
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Dick had well learned his first lesson in taking bearings, and called out at the exact moment, just as Josh was in the act of throwing over the little anchor and buoy, to which the long-line, or "bolter," was to be made fast.
Menhardoc George Manville Fenn 1870
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Aiden Tolman a NSW State of Origin 'bolter' LITTLE-KNOWN Melbourne prop Aiden Tolman has emerged as a NSW State of Origin bolter after dismantling the Rhinos in a man-of-the-match performance for the Storm.
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Aiden Tolman a NSW State of Origin 'bolter' LITTLE-KNOWN Melbourne prop Aiden Tolman has emerged as a NSW State of Origin bolter after dismantling the Rhinos in a man-of-the-match performance for the Storm.
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