Definition of Bolting

1. n. A darting away; a starting off or aside.

2. n. A sifting, as of flour or meal.

Definition of Bolting

1. Verb. (present participle of bolt) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bolting

1. bolt [v] - See also: bolt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bolting

bolt out
bolt out of the blue
bolt rope
boltable
bolted
boltel
boltels
bolter
bolters
bolthead
boltheads
bolthole
boltholes
bolti
bolties
bolting (current term)
boltings
boltless
boltlike
boltonias
boltonite
boltrope
boltropes
bolts
bolts from the blue
boltsprit
boltwoodite
bolty
boltzmann constant
boltzmann equation

Literary usage of Bolting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Structural Engineers' Handbook: Data for the Design and Construction of by Milo Smith Ketchum (1918)
"In estimating the cost of erection of structural steel work it is best to divide the cost into (a) cost of placing and bolting steel, and (b) cost of ..."

2. The Design of Steel Mill Buildings and the Calculation of Stresses in Framed by Milo Smith Ketchum (1921)
"(a) Cost of Placing and bolting.—The cost of placing and bolting mill buildings for ordinary conditions may be estimated at from $6.00 to $8.00 per ton. ..."

3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"... bolting-HUTCH. According to Dr. Johnson, a meal-buy; according to Mr. ... beat 111. m carefully Over a bolting-hutch, there will be enough r'or a ..."

4. The Design of Walls, Bins, and Grain Elevators by Milo Smith Ketchum (1911)
"In estimating the cost of erection of bins it is best to divide the cost into (a) cost of placing and bolting the steel, and (b) cost of riveting. ..."

5. The Young Mill-wright and Miller's Guide: Illustrated by Twenty-eight by Oliver Evans, Cadwallader Evans, Thomas Ellicott (1860)
"OF bolting REELS AND CLOTHS, WITH DIRECTIONS FOR bolting AND INSPECTING THE FLOUR. THE effect we wish to produce by sifting or bolting, is to separate the ..."

6. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1880)
"Ordinarily, bolting-chests contain four reels, and when more are required ... The following is an ideal bolting arrangement suitable for a merchant mill of ..."

7. A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Starch, Glucose, Starch-sugar by Julius Frankel, Ladislaus von Wágner (1881)
"Siemens invented the bolting-sieve. He has improved the apparatus of older ... 9 and 10 we present Siemens's bolting-sieve of the latest construction, ..."

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