Definition of bolt

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Bolt (v. i.) A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt..

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Setbolt :: Setbolt (n.) An iron pin, or bolt, for fitting planks closely together..
Driftbolt :: Driftbolt (n.) A bolt for driving out other bolts.
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law..
Bolting :: Bolting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bol.
Bolting :: Bolting (n.) A private arguing of cases for practice by students, as in the Inns of Court..
Flour :: Flour (n.) The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, the fine and soft powder of any substance; as, flour of emery; flour of mustard..
Burbolt :: Burbolt (n.) A birdbolt.
Bolty :: Bolty (n.) An edible fish of the Nile (genus Chromis).
Bolting :: Bolting (n.) A sifting, as of flour or meal..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) To start forth like a bolt or arrow; to spring abruptly; to come or go suddenly; to dart; as, to bolt out of the room..
Rivet :: Rivet (n.) A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends..
Slot :: Slot (n.) A bolt or bar for fastening a door.
Drawbolt :: Drawbolt (n.) A coupling pin. See under Coupling.
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..
Chesstree :: Chesstree (n.) A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the mainsail..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven..
Bibbs :: Bibbs (n. pl.) Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast to support the trestletrees.
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..
Copper-fastened :: Copper-fastened (a.) Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship..
Dread-bolted :: Dread-bolted (a.) Armed with dreaded bolts.
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