单词 | bolter |
释义 | bolterboultern.1 1. One who sifts meal, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > sieving > one who sieves bolterc1440 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 55 Bulture [1499 bultar]. c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 688 Hic polentradinator, a bulter. 1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. 27 John Xpofer, a boulter. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Pref. to King 10 a The boulter tryeth out the branne from the mele. 2. a. A piece of cloth used for sifting; a sieve, strainer; a bolting-machine. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > sieving > sieve or riddle riddereOE riddlelOE boultel1266 temse?1362 reeing-sieve1378 bolt-clothc1425 bolt-pokec1440 bulstarec1440 bigg-riddle1446 oat riddle1446 bolting-tunc1485 bolter1530 bolting-tub1530 bolting-pipe1534 bolting-poke1552 gingerbread temse?1562 bolting-hutch1598 reeving-sieve1613 hutch1619 temzer1696 ree1728 oat-ridder1743 harp1788 bunt1796 bolting-machine1808 sowens-say1825 slap-riddle1844 bolt1847 flour-bolt1874 purifier1884 flour-bolter1888 plansifter1905 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 462/1 I boulte meale..in a boulter. 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke iii. i. 64 b Bultres of lynnen in Spayne. 1547 W. Baldwin Treat. Morall Phylos. ii. xi. sig. L.viiiv Be not lyke the boulter, that casteth out the flower, and kepeth in the branne. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. iii. 69 I haue giuen them away to Bakers wiues, they haue made boulters of them. View more context for this quotation 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. xx. 709 The temze or bolter through which they passe. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub vii. 143 By some called the Sieves and Boulters of Learning. 1880 T. Hardy Trumpet-major II. xxii. 123 Bob opened the bolter..the result being that a dense cloud of flour rolled out. b. The fabric used for this purpose. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for sieves or bolters bolting-cloth1452 bolter-cloth1584 bolter1612 boltering1623 1612 in G. Ornsby Select. from Househ. Bks. Naworth Castle (1878) 43 Iij yardes of boulter ijs. vjd. 1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) II. v. xviii. 279/2 [Duty on] Bolters and Bewpers the dozen Pieces 1d. 3. ‘A boulter or a racket to play with, reticulum.’ Withals Dict. (1634) 615. Compounds bolter-cloth n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for sieves or bolters bolting-cloth1452 bolter-cloth1584 bolter1612 boltering1623 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health cxxvi. 110 Searsed through lawne or a fine boulter cloth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). boltern.2 1. a. One that bolts or runs; esp. a horse that bolts. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > going away suddenly or hurriedly > one who fly-away1804 bolter1840 1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. II. 269 The engine may explode..or, may be a bolter. 1871 J. S. Le Fanu Checkmate II. xiii. 123 Kickers and roarers, and bolters and jibbers. b. A fugitive from justice. Now Australian. historical. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > one running away from law bolter1699 outrunner of the constable1853 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Bolter of White Friers, one that Peeps out, but dares not venture abroad, as a Coney bolts out of the Hole in a Warren, and starts back again. 1735 W. Pardon Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. Bolter, a Cant Name for one who hides himself in his own House, or some priviledged Place, and dares only peep, but not go out of his Retreat. 1855 Argus (Melbourne) 19 Jan. 5/4 The arrest in London of a well-known bolter from Melbourne. 1897 ‘P. Warung’ Tales Old Regime 160 One of the ‘bolters’, advertised by Mr. F. A. Hely, J.P., Principal Superintendent of Convicts, in the Sydney Gazette, in the year 1827. 1964 Penguin Bk. Austral. Ballads 23 Some convicts ‘took to the bush’ as ‘bolters’ or bushrangers. 2. One who ‘bolts’ from his party. (U.S.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > deserting one's party > one who rat1755 bolter1812 ratter1819 Jim Crow1837 kicker1888 1812 Salem Gaz. 10 July 4/1 D. Tompkins would..send home the bolters by new prorogation. 1858 N.Y. Tribune 12 Jan. 2/3 An attempt..to make the people go into the election and harmonize the bolters. 1883 Atl. Monthly LII. 327 To whom a ‘scratcher’ or a ‘bolter’ is more hateful than the Beast. 1884 American 8 100 To denounce the twenty-seven as bolters from their party. 3. One who swallows (food) hastily or whole. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > eating voraciously > voracious eater swallowera1000 devourerc1384 vourera1425 francher1519 gulper1648 twister1694 bolter1826 wolfer1897 scoffer1935 1826 New Monthly Mag. 16 178 Pettifogging strainers at gnats and bolters of camels. 1833 T. Hamilton Men & Manners Amer. I. ii. 44 The most expeditious bolters of dinner. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1c1440n.21699 |
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