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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Sea Pear :: Sea pear () A pedunculated ascidian of the genus Boltonia.
Phaethon :: Phaethon (n.) The son of Helios (Phoebus), that is, the son of light, or of the sun. He is fabled to have obtained permission to drive the chariot of the sun, in doing which his want of skill would have set the world on fire, had he not been struck with a thunderbolt by Jupiter, and hurled headlong into the river Po..
Shroud :: Shroud (n.) A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts.
Unbar :: Unbar (v. t.) To remove a bar or bars from; to unbolt; to open; as, to unbar a gate..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc..
Rivet :: Rivet (n.) A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends..
Headrope :: Headrope (n.) That part of a boltrope which is sewed to the upper edge or head of a sail.
Drivebolt :: Drivebolt (n.) A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.
Bolter :: Bolter (n.) One who sifts flour or meal.
Toe :: Toe (n.) A lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved..
Searce :: Searce (v. t.) To sift; to bolt.
Countersink :: Countersink (v. t.) To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw..
Transom :: Transom (n.) One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; -- called also transsummer..
Stumped :: Stump (n.) A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt, except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key; a fence; also, a pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece..
Dogbolt :: Dogbolt (n.) The bolt of the cap-square over the trunnion of a cannon.
Unbolt :: Unbolt (v. t.) To remove a bolt from; to unfasten; to unbar; to open.
Unbolt :: Unbolt (v. i.) To explain or unfold a matter; to make a revelation.
Canted :: Canted (a.) Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted window..
Footrope :: Footrope (n.) That part of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed.
Bolty :: Bolty (n.) An edible fish of the Nile (genus Chromis).
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