plural. Siftings, bran.

The act of sifting. boltings n. the bran or coarse meal separated by sifting; siftings.

The husk of wheat, barley, oats, or other grain, separated from the flour after grinding; in technical use, the coarsest portion of the ground husk…

Husks of grain, chaff; ground husks, bran.

collectively. The cuticle of grain; bran.

attributive, as in †cribble bread, bread made of this coarse meal.

= chisel, n.2

‘Seeds’ or pales sifted out of meal, bran.

In plural. Chiefly Scottish. The husks of oat and other grain, separated in grinding; particles of bran. Cf. sid, n.

Bran (called in some localities ‘sharps’); sometimes also applied to the coarsest flour in which some of the bran is left, ‘whole meal’.

Hulks, hull or husk collectively; bran.