Definition of bolt

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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..

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Rivet :: Rivet (v. t.) To spread out the end or point of, as of a metallic pin, rod, or bolt, by beating or pressing, so as to form a sort of head..
Bolthead :: Bolthead (n.) A long, straight-necked, glass vessel for chemical distillations; -- called also a matrass or receiver..
Wrain-bolt :: Wrain-bolt (n.) Same as Wringbolt.
Heck :: Heck (n.) The bolt or latch of a door.
Searcer :: Searcer (n.) One who sifts or bolts.
Clinch :: Clinch (n.) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts..
Chain :: Chain (n.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels..
Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To tear off the thread from (a bolt or nut); as, the bolt is stripped..
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..
Controller :: Controller (n.) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged..
Pawl :: Pawl (n.) A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel..
Bultel :: Bultel (n.) A bolter or bolting cloth; also, bran..
Bolting :: Bolting (n.) A private arguing of cases for practice by students, as in the Inns of Court..
Strip :: Strip (v. i.) To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut. See Strip, v. t., 8..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
Bolted :: Bolted (imp. & p. p.) of Bol.
Meal :: Meal (n.) Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse..
Bolt :: Bolt (n.) A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter..
Unbolt :: Unbolt (v. i.) To explain or unfold a matter; to make a revelation.
Boltrope :: Boltrope (n.) A rope stitched to the edges of a sail to strengthen the sail.
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