Found 1 items, similar to To bolt to the bran.
English → English (gcide) Definition: To bolt to the bran Bolt \Bolt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bolted; p. pr. & vb. n. Bolting.] [OE. bolten, boulten, OF. buleter, F. bluter, fr. Ll. buletare, buratare, cf. F. bure coarse woolen stuff; fr. L. burrus red. See Borrel, and cf. Bultel.] [1913 Webster] 1. To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means. [1913 Webster] He now had bolted all the flour. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Ill schooled in bolted language. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out. [1913 Webster] Time and nature will bolt out the truth of things. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] 3. (Law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law. --Jacob. [1913 Webster] To bolt to the bran, to examine thoroughly, so as to separate or discover everything important. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] This bolts the matter fairly to the bran. --Harte. [1913 Webster] The report of the committee was examined and sifted and bolted to the bran. --Burke. [1913 Webster]