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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Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
Hutch :: Hutch (n.) The case of a flour bolt.
Stud :: Stud (n.) A stud bolt.
Bran :: Bran (n.) The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain..
Slot :: Slot (n.) A bolt or bar for fastening a door.
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..
Clinch :: Clinch (n.) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts..
Bolting :: Bolting (n.) A darting away; a starting off or aside.
Fish :: Fish (v. t.) To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to the beam, mast, or timbers, lengthwise on one or both sides. See Fish joint, under Fish, n..
Bolting :: Bolting (n.) A private arguing of cases for practice by students, as in the Inns of Court..
Range :: Range (v.) A bolting sieve to sift meal.
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..
Bolt :: Bolt (n.) Lightning; a thunderbolt.
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..
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..
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.
Bolthead :: Bolthead (n.) A long, straight-necked, glass vessel for chemical distillations; -- called also a matrass or receiver..
Bultel :: Bultel (n.) A bolter or bolting cloth; also, bran..
Buolt :: Buolt (n.) Corrupted form Bolt.
Vireton :: Vireton (n.) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow having feathers or brass placed at an angle with the shaft to make it spin in flying.
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