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Meaning Of Bolt
n.
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.
n.
Lightning; a thunderbolt.
n.
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.
n.
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portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.
n.
An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a
fetter.
n.
A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk,
often containing about forty yards.
n.
A bundle, as of oziers.
v. t.
To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.
v. t.
To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
v. t.
To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies,
rabbits, etc.
v. t.
To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as
a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain.
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.
v. i.
To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
v. i.
To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as,
the horse bolted.
v. i.
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.
adv.
In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
v. i.
A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the
horse made a bolt.
v. i.
A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
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.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out.
v. t.
To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases
at law.
n.
A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting
flour and meal; a bolter.