| Bolt (bolt) |
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| n. | ((?)) |
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| Bolt |
| [AS. bolt; akin to
Icel. bolti, Dan. bolt, D. bout, OHG. bolz, G.
bolz, bolzen; of uncertain origin.] |
A
shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a
short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which
resembles an arrow; a dart.
Lightning; a thunderbolt.
A strong pin, of iron or other material, used to
fasten or hold something in place, often having a head at one end and screw
thread cut upon the other end.
A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or
gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the
key.
An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a
shackle; a fetter.
A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas
or silk, often containing about forty yards.
A bundle, as of oziers.
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To shoot] to discharge or drive forth.
To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw
out.
To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt
food.
To refuse to support, as
a nomination made by a party to which one has belonged or by a caucus in
which one has taken part.
To cause to start or spring
forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc.
To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or
bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain.
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| Bolt (bolt) |
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| v. i. | (b lt; 110) |
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| Bolt |
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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.
To strike or fall suddenly like a
bolt.
To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular
path; as, the horse bolted.
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.
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In the manner of a bolt;
suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
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A sudden spring or start; a sudden
spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt.
A sudden flight, as to escape
creditors.
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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To sift or separate the coarser from the finer
particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate,
assort, refine, or purify by other means.
To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; --
with out.
To discuss or argue privately, and
for practice, as cases at law.
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A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve
used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
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