Definition of bolt

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Bolt (v. i.) To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted..

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Spar :: Spar (v. t.) To bolt; to bar.
Bolted :: Bolted (imp. & p. p.) of Bol.
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) A link or loop, as in a chain, fitted with a movable bolt, so that the parts can be separated, or the loop removed; a clevis..
Bolting :: Bolting (n.) A darting away; a starting off or aside.
Mugwump :: Mugwump (n.) A bolter from the Republican party in the national election of 1884; an Independent.
Deadlatch :: Deadlatch (n.) A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key..
Drawbore :: Drawbore (n.) A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against which the shoulder is to rest, so that a pin or bolt, when driven into it, will draw these parts together..
Blood-boltered :: Blood-boltered (a.) Having the hair matted with clotted blood.
String :: String (n.) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it..
Searce :: Searce (v. t.) To sift; to bolt.
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..
Wrain-bolt :: Wrain-bolt (n.) Same as Wringbolt.
Drawbolt :: Drawbolt (n.) A coupling pin. See under Coupling.
Flour :: Flour (v. t.) To grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, to flour wheat..
Bolting :: Bolting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bol.
Langrel :: Langrel (n.) A kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging. It consisted of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together or inclosed in a canister..
Pintle :: Pintle (n.) A kingbolt of a wagon.
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..
Mainpin :: Mainpin (n.) A kingbolt.
Dragbolt :: Dragbolt (n.) A coupling pin. See under Coupling.
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