Definition of bolt

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Bolt (v. i.) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.

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Flour :: Flour (v. t.) To grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, to flour wheat..
Bolted :: Bolted (imp. & p. p.) of Bol.
Bolt :: Bolt (adv.) In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
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 (n.) Lightning; a thunderbolt.
Wringstaff :: Wringstaff (n.) A strong piece of plank used in applying wringbolts.
Countersink :: Countersink (v. t.) To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw..
Cropper :: Cropper (n.) A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth..
Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To tear off the thread from (a bolt or nut); as, the bolt is stripped..
Stud :: Stud (n.) A stud bolt.
Dread-bolted :: Dread-bolted (a.) Armed with dreaded bolts.
Spider :: Spider (n.) A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc..
Garble :: Garble (v. t.) To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices..
Padlock :: Padlock (n.) A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, -- used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, etc..
Snaphead :: Snaphead (n.) A hemispherical or rounded head to a rivet or bolt; also, a swaging tool with a cavity in its face for forming such a rounded head..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out..
Start :: Start (v. t.) To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate; as, to start a bone; the storm started the bolts in the vessel..
Bolting :: Bolting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bol.
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..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law..
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