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Bolt (), n. [AS. bolt; akin to Icel. bolti, Dan. bolt, D. bout, OHG. bolz, G. bolz, bolzen; of uncertain origin.]
1. 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.
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Look that the crossbowmen lack not bolts. Sir W. Scott.
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A fool's bolt is soon shot. Shak.
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2. Lightning; a thunderbolt.
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3. 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.
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4. A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.
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5. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter. [Obs.]
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Away with him to prison!
lay bolts enough upon him. Shak.
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6. A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards.
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7. A bundle, as of oziers.
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Bolt auger, an auger of large size; an auger to make holes for the bolts used by shipwrights. -- Bolt and nut, a metallic pin with a head formed upon one end, and a movable piece (the nut) screwed upon a thread cut upon the other end. See B, C, and D, in illust. above.
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See Tap bolt, Screw bolt, and Stud bolt.
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Bolt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bolted; p. pr. & vb. n. Bolting.]
1. To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.
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2. To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
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I hate when Vice can bolt her arguments. Milton.
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3. To swallow without chewing; as, “to bolt food”; often used with down.
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4. (U. S. Politics) 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.
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5. (Sporting) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc.
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6. 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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Let tenfold iron bolt my door. Langhorn.
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Which shackles accidents and bolts up change. Shak.
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Bolt (bōlt; 110), v. i.
1. 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”.
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This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt, . . .
And oft out of a bush doth bolt. Drayton.
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2. To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
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His cloudless thunder bolted on their heads. Milton.
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3. To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, “the horse bolted”.
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4. (U.S. Politics) 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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Bolt, adv. In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
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[He] came bolt up against the heavy dragoon. Thackeray.
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Bolt upright. (a) Perfectly upright; perpendicular; straight up; unbendingly erect. Addison. (b) On the back at full length. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Bolt, n. [From Bolt, v. i.]
1. A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, “the horse made a bolt”.
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2. A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
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This gentleman was so hopelessly involved that he contemplated a bolt to America -- or anywhere. Compton Reade.
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3. (U. S. Politics) 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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Bolt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bolted; p. pr. & vb. n. Bolting.] [OE. bolten, boulten, OF. buleter, F. bluter, fr. Ll. buletare, buratare, cf. F. bure coarse woolen stuff; fr. L. burrus red. See Borrel, and cf. Bultel.]
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1. 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.
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He now had bolted all the flour. Spenser.
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Ill schooled in bolted language. Shak.
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2. To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out.
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Time and nature will bolt out the truth of things. L'Estrange.
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3. (Law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law. Jacob.
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To bolt to the bran, to examine thoroughly, so as to separate or discover everything important. Chaucer.
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This bolts the matter fairly to the bran. Harte.
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The report of the committee was examined and sifted and bolted to the bran. Burke.
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Bolt, n. A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter. B. Jonson.
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