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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Thimble :: Thimble (n.) A tubular piece, generally a strut, through which a bolt or pin passes..
Boltsprit :: Boltsprit (n.) See Bowsprit.
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..
Cant :: Cant (v. t.) To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt..
Deadlock :: Deadlock (n.) A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward..
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.
Ringbolt :: Ringbolt (n.) An eyebolt having a ring through the eye.
Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt..
Dread-bolted :: Dread-bolted (a.) Armed with dreaded bolts.
Pin :: Pin (n.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal..
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..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food..
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..
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..
Graham Bread :: Graham bread () Bread made of unbolted wheat flour.
Bultel :: Bultel (n.) A bolter or bolting cloth; also, bran..
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..
Bolting :: Bolting (n.) A darting away; a starting off or aside.
Boltel :: Boltel (n.) See Boultel.
Bolt :: Bolt (n.) An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
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