Bolt
Definition of Bolt
Pronunciation: bōlt; 110 | n. | 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. | | 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 | A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.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. | | 6. | A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards. | | 7. | A bundle, as of oziers. | | v. t. | 1. | To shoot; to discharge or drive forth. | | 2. | To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out. | | 3. | To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food; often used with down. | | 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. | | 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. | | 2. | To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt. | | 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. | | adv. | 1. | In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly. | | n. | 1. | A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt. | | 2. | A sudden flight, as to escape creditors. | | 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. | | v. t. | 1. | | | 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. | | 2. | To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; - with out. | | 3. | (Law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law. | | n. | 1. | A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter. |
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