Definition of bolt

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Bolt (v. t.) To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain..

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Graham Bread :: Graham bread () Bread made of unbolted wheat flour.
Stem-winder :: Stemson (n.) A piece of curved timber bolted to the stem, keelson, and apron in a ship's frame near the bow..
Iron-sick :: Iron-sick (a.) Having the ironwork loose or corroded; -- said of a ship when her bolts and nails are so eaten with rust that she has become leaky.
Kingbolt :: Kingbolt (n.) A vertical iron bolt, by which the forward axle and wheels of a vehicle or the trucks of a railroad car are connected with the other parts..
Top-block :: Top-block (n.) A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the cap, -- used in swaying and lowering the topmast..
Fasten :: Fasten (a.) To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window..
Deadlock :: Deadlock (n.) A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward..
Drivebolt :: Drivebolt (n.) A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food..
Thunder :: Thunder (n.) The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.
Graft :: Graft (n.) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns..
Blood-boltered :: Blood-boltered (a.) Having the hair matted with clotted blood.
Baybolt :: Baybolt (n.) A bolt with a barbed shank.
Cropper :: Cropper (n.) A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth..
Stud :: Stud (n.) A stud bolt.
Lug :: Lug (n.) A projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key, bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc..
Mainpin :: Mainpin (n.) A kingbolt.
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out..
Carronade :: Carronade (n.) A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side..
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