jan 1, 1581 - bolt

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To sift flour. Although the word is at the centre of a rich vocabulary, examples of the verb on its own are rare: 1581 <i>no baker shall neither baik nor boult in anie inkepers howse upon paine of vjs viijd,</i> York (YRS119/50); 1581 <i>an olld arke to bowt melle in & ... a bowtt clothe, </i>South Cave (Kaner113). This word gave rise to a rare surname: 1435 <i>Johannes Bultflour, mason</i>, York (SS96/145) for which later examples are recorded in co. Durham.

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