Bolter

//ˈbɒltə//

Synonyms for "bolter" (35 found)

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1992 June, Bill Tarrant, Gun Dogs: Problems with a Hunting Pattern, Field & Stream, page 104, Bolting can be one of the worst problems in dogdom to solve. We′ve all seen a bolter — or rather, we haven't seen him. We released him to hunt, and he was gone for the day, the week, the month. I′ve known of bolters to be gone for years.

Source: wiktionary

Evidence is accumulating that bolters are plants which have changed their long-day habit to that of short-day.

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The bolter was basically a sheet or roll of wire mesh or cloth (most often canvas or linen, but sometimes silk or another fabric). The flour produced by the mill was fed through or over the device, which was shaken by a mechanism (several were possible) taking power from the drive train leading from the water wheel to the millstones.

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This first bolter contains a screen of eight meshes to the inch and separates the hard particles, dirt or scale.

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