Definition of bolt

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Bolt (v. t.) To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food..

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Blood-boltered :: Blood-boltered (a.) Having the hair matted with clotted blood.
Flour :: Flour (v. t.) To grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, to flour wheat..
Screw :: Screw (n.) Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called also wood screws, and screw nails. See also Screw bolt, below..
Hutch :: Hutch (n.) The case of a flour bolt.
Deadlock :: Deadlock (n.) A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward..
Bolting :: Bolting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bol.
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..
Countersunk :: Countersunk (p. p. & a.) Sunk into a chamfer; as, a countersunk bolt..
Bolting :: Bolting (n.) A darting away; a starting off or aside.
Latch :: Latch (n.) A movable piece which holds anything in place by entering a notch or cavity; specifically, the catch which holds a door or gate when closed, though it be not bolted..
Double-lock :: Double-lock (v. t.) To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security.
Boltel :: Boltel (n.) See Boultel.
Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To tear off (the thread) from a bolt or nut; as, the thread is stripped..
Cleat :: Cleat (n.) A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be readily released. It is bolted by the middle to a deck or mast, etc., or it may be lashed to a rope..
Bolt :: Bolt (n.) A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards..
Strip :: Strip (v. i.) To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut. See Strip, v. t., 8..
Bolty :: Bolty (n.) An edible fish of the Nile (genus Chromis).
Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted..
Mugwump :: Mugwump (n.) A bolter from the Republican party in the national election of 1884; an Independent.
Spar :: Spar (v. t.) To bolt; to bar.
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