Definition of bolt

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Bolt (n.) A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resembles an arrow; a dart..

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Bit :: Bit (v.) The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
Bolt :: Bolt (n.) A bundle, as of oziers..
Tubbing :: Tubbing (n.) A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine; especially, a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to enable those who sink a shaft to penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with safety..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) A sudden flight, as to escape creditors..
Searce :: Searce (v. t.) To sift; to bolt.
Bolter :: Bolter (n.) An instrument or machine for separating bran from flour, or the coarser part of meal from the finer; a sieve..
Bolting :: Bolting (n.) A private arguing of cases for practice by students, as in the Inns of Court..
Boltonite :: Boltonite (n.) A granular mineral of a grayish or yellowish color, found in Bolton, Massachusetts. It is a silicate of magnesium, belonging to the chrysolite family..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) To start forth like a bolt or arrow; to spring abruptly; to come or go suddenly; to dart; as, to bolt out of the room..
Spur :: Spur (n.) A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side..
Garble :: Garble (v. t.) To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices..
Boltrope :: Boltrope (n.) A rope stitched to the edges of a sail to strengthen the sail.
Dogbolt :: Dogbolt (n.) The bolt of the cap-square over the trunnion of a cannon.
Birdbolt :: Birdbolt (n.) Anything which smites without penetrating.
Heck :: Heck (n.) The bolt or latch of a door.
Deadlock :: Deadlock (n.) A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To refuse to support, as a nomination made by a party to which one has belonged or by a caucus in which one has taken part..
Bolt :: Bolt (n.) A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter..
Padlock :: Padlock (n.) A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, -- used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, etc..
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