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portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.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