| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  b lt |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: bolt·ed, bolt·ing, bolts
To pass (flour, for example) through a sieve. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English bulten, from Old French buleter, from Middle High German biuteln, from biutel, bag, purse.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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