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Definition of Bolter

1. n. One who bolts; esp.: (a) A horse which starts suddenly aside. (b) A man who breaks away from his party.

2. n. One who sifts flour or meal.

3. n. A kind of fishing line. See Boulter.

Definition of Bolter

1. Noun. A person or thing that bolts. ¹

2. Noun. (botany horticulture) A plant that grows larger and more rapidly than usual. ¹

3. Noun. (context: flour milling) A machine or mechanism that automatically sifts milled flour. ¹

4. Noun. (context: petroleum refining) A filter mechanism. ¹

5. Noun. (Australia sports) An obscure athlete who wins an upset victory. ¹

6. Noun. (Australia horseracing) A horse that wins at long odds. ¹

7. Noun. (New Zealand sports) In team sports, a relatively little-known or inexperienced player who inspires the team to greater success. ¹

8. Noun. (US politics) A member of a political party who does not support the party's nominee. ¹

9. Noun. (military aviation) A missed landing on an aircraft carrier; an aircraft that has made a missed landing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bolter

1. a sifting machine [n -S]

Medical Definition of Bolter

1. A kind of fishing line. See Boulter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bolter

Literary usage of Bolter

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

1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1862 He was, like his opponent, a bolter candidate, a man who bolted from ... 1883 To whom a " scratcher " or a " bolter " is more hateful than the Beast. ..."

2. Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods,: With a Few Desert and Mountain Beasts,by William Thomas Cox by William Thomas Cox (1910)
"Whole parties of tourists are reported to have been gulped at one swoop by the slide-rock bolter, and guides are becoming cautious about taking parties far ..."

3. The Private Correspondence of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster, Fletcher Webster, Edwin David Sanborn (1875)
"My health is good, never bolter, not having yet worked off the strength obtained at Niagara, and at Sandwich. Mrs. Webster sends a great deal of love to ..."

4. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1862 He was, like his opponent, a bolter candidate, a man who bolted from ... 1883 To whom a " scratcher " or a " bolter " is more hateful than the Beast. ..."

5. Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods,: With a Few Desert and Mountain Beasts,by William Thomas Cox by William Thomas Cox (1910)
"Whole parties of tourists are reported to have been gulped at one swoop by the slide-rock bolter, and guides are becoming cautious about taking parties far ..."

6. The Private Correspondence of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster, Fletcher Webster, Edwin David Sanborn (1875)
"My health is good, never bolter, not having yet worked off the strength obtained at Niagara, and at Sandwich. Mrs. Webster sends a great deal of love to ..."

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