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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
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PRONUNCIATION:  blt
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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