Definition of bolt

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Bolt (v. t.) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc..

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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..
Spider :: Spider (n.) A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc..
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..
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..
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..
Chain :: Chain (n.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels..
Bultel :: Bultel (n.) A bolter or bolting cloth; also, bran..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means..
Snaphead :: Snaphead (n.) A hemispherical or rounded head to a rivet or bolt; also, a swaging tool with a cavity in its face for forming such a rounded head..
Copper-fastened :: Copper-fastened (a.) Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship..
Boltel :: Boltel (n.) See Boultel.
Hutch :: Hutch (n.) The case of a flour bolt.
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.
Stud :: Stud (n.) A stud bolt.
Dogbolt :: Dogbolt (n.) The bolt of the cap-square over the trunnion of a cannon.
Countersink :: Countersink (n.) An enlargement of the upper part of a hole, forming a cavity or depression for receiving the head of a screw or bolt..
Flour :: Flour (v. t.) To grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, to flour wheat..
Dragbolt :: Dragbolt (n.) A coupling pin. See under Coupling.
Wringbolt :: Wringbolt (n.) A bolt used by shipwrights, to bend and secure the planks against the timbers till they are fastened by bolts, spikes, or treenails; -- not to be confounded with ringbolt..
Eyebolt :: Eyebolt (n.) A bolt which a looped head, or an opening in the head..
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