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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Thunderbolt :: Thunderbolt (n.) Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination..
Spar :: Spar (v. t.) To bolt; to bar.
Thimble :: Thimble (n.) A tubular piece, generally a strut, through which a bolt or pin passes..
Bolting :: Bolting (n.) A private arguing of cases for practice by students, as in the Inns of Court..
Pintle :: Pintle (n.) A kingbolt of a wagon.
Bulti :: Bulti (n.) Same as Bolty.
Birdbolt :: Birdbolt (n.) A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them.
Dogbolt :: Dogbolt (n.) The bolt of the cap-square over the trunnion of a cannon.
Vireton :: Vireton (n.) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow having feathers or brass placed at an angle with the shaft to make it spin in flying.
Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or a caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
Bee :: Bee (n.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks..
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..
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..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law..
Hackbolt :: Hackbolt (n.) The greater shearwater or hagdon. See Hagdon.
Wrench :: Wrench (v. t.) An instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either at the end or between the ends, for exerting a twisting strain, as in turning bolts, nuts, screw taps, etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc., of different sizes..
Unbar :: Unbar (v. t.) To remove a bar or bars from; to unbolt; to open; as, to unbar a gate..
Lock :: Lock (n.) Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened..
Boltrope :: Boltrope (n.) A rope stitched to the edges of a sail to strengthen the sail.
Pin :: Pin (n.) A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt..
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