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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Selvedge :: Selvedge (n.) The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes..
Dragbolt :: Dragbolt (n.) A coupling pin. See under Coupling.
Pintle :: Pintle (n.) A kingbolt of a wagon.
Bolt :: Bolt (adv.) In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
Bolt :: Bolt (n.) A bundle, as of oziers..
Canted :: Canted (a.) Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted window..
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..
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..
Fence :: Fence (n.) A projection on the bolt, which passes through the tumbler gates in locking and unlocking..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
Die :: Die (n.) A hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool, made in one piece or composed of several parts, for forming screw threads on bolts, etc.; one of the separate parts which make up such a tool..
Bolt :: Bolt (n.) An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
Forelock :: Forelock (n.) A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun..
Key :: Key (n.) An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place..
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..
Setbolt :: Setbolt (n.) An iron pin, or bolt, for fitting planks closely together..
Bolty :: Bolty (n.) An edible fish of the Nile (genus Chromis).
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..
Bolt :: 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..
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..
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