dial. [Etymology unknown: goes with BUNT sb.4 (In the 13th c. quot. we might read bouteþ, as a possible variant of bulteþ, from BOLT v.1; but the spelling with ou does not otherwise occur until 15th c., and is peculiarly northern.] trans. To sift (meal).
1340. Ayenb., 93. Ase þe ilke þet bonteþ þet mele, þet to-delþ þet flour uram þe bren.
1880. Miss Courtney, W. Cornw. Gloss., Bunting, sifting flour.
1883. Hampsh. Gloss. (E. D. S.), Bunt, to sift meal.
