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Webster 1913 Edition
Bolt
Bolt
,Noun.
[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.
Look that the crossbowmen lack not
bolts
. Sir W. Scott.
A fool’s
bolt
is soon shot. Shakespeare
2.
Lightning; a thunderbolt.
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.
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A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.
5.
An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
[Obs.]
Away with him to prison!
lay
lay
bolts
enough upon him. Shakespeare
6.
A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards.
7.
A bundle, as of oziers.
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.
Bolt
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bolted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bolting
.] 1.
To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.
2.
To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
I hate when Vice can
bolt
her arguments. Milton.
3.
To swallow without chewing;
as, to
; often used with bolt
fooddown
. 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.
5.
(Sporting)
To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc.
6.
To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain.
Let tenfold iron
bolt
my door. Langhorn.
Which shackles accidents and
bolts
up change. Shakespeare
Bolt
(bōlt; 110)
, Verb.
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 roomThis Puck seems but a dreaming dolt, . . .
And oft out of a bush doth
And oft out of a bush doth
bolt
. Drayton.
2.
To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
His cloudless thunder
bolted
on their heads. Milton.
3.
To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path;
as, the horse
. bolted
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.
Bolt
,adv.
In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
[He] came
bolt
up against the heavy dragoon. Thackeray.
Bolt upright
. (a)
Perfectly upright; perpendicular; straight up; unbendingly erect.
Addison.
(b)
On the back at full length.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
1.
A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside;
as, the horse made a
. bolt
2.
A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
This gentleman was so hopelessly involved that he contemplated a
bolt
to America – or anywhere. Compton Reade.
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.
Bolt
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bolted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bolting
.] 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.
He now had
bolted
all the flour. Spenser.
Ill schooled in
bolted
language. Shakespeare
2.
To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; – with out.
Time and nature will
bolt
out the truth of things. L'Estrange.
3.
(Law)
To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
Jacob.
To bolt to the bran
, to examine thoroughly, so as to separate or discover everything important.
Chaucer.
This
bolts
the matter fairly to the bran
. Harte.
The report of the committee was examined and sifted and
bolted to the bran
. Burke.
Bolt
,Noun.
A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
B. Jonson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bolt
BOLT
,Noun.
1.
An arrow; a dart; a pointed shaft.2.
A strong cylindrical pin, of iron or other metal, used to fasten a door, a plank, a chain, &c. In ships, bolts are used in the sides and decks, and have different names, as rag-bolts, eye-bolts, ring-bolts,chain-bolts, &c. In gunnery, there are prise-bolts, transom-bolts, traverse-bolts, and bracket-bolts.3.
A thunder-bolt; a stream of lightning, so named from its darting like a bolt.4.
The quantity of twenty-eight ells of canvas.BOLT
,Verb.
T.
1.
To fasten; to shackle; to restrain.2.
To blurt out; to utter or throw out precipitately.I hate when vice can bolt her arguments.
In this sense it is often followed by out.
3.
To sift or separate bran from flour. In America this term is applied only to the operation performed in mills.4.
Among sportsmen, to start or dislodge, used of coneys.5.
To examine by sifting; to open or separate the parts of a subject, to find the truth; generally followed by out. 'Time and nature will bolt out the truth of things.' [Inelegant.]6.
To purify; to purge. [Unusual.]7.
To discuss or argue; as at Gray's inn, where cases are privately discussed by students and barristers.BOLT
,Verb.
I.