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Search phrase: bolter

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Henry IV Part 11H4 III.iii.69to bakers' wives. They have made bolters of them.to Bakers Wiues, and they haue made Boulters of them.
MacbethMac IV.i.122For the blood-boltered Banquo smiles upon me,For the Blood-bolter'd Banquo smiles vpon me,

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blood-bolteredwith hair matted with blood, with tangled bloody knots of hair
boltersifting-cloth, sieve, strainer

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BLOODSTATEblood-boltered adj
BOLT [sift]APPEARANCEblood-boltered adj
BOLT [sift]OBJECTbolter n

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