Etymology : Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German bolz crossbow bolt, and perhaps to Lithuanian beldeti to beat
Pronunciation : 'bOlt
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. latch; screw; flash of lighting; arrow; roll of fabric; escape. screw; latch; imprison; be locked; escape; swallow quickly, eat quickly. adsuddenly, abruptly; completely, totally. bolt\bolt\, n. a sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter. jonson.bolt \bolt\ , n. [as. bolt; akin to icel. bolti, dan. bolt, d. bout, ohg. bolz, g. bolz, bolzen; of uncertain origin.].
2. 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. w. scott. a fool's bolt is soon shot.
3. lightning; a thunderbolt.
4. 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.
5. a sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.
6. an iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter. [obs.] away with him to prison! lay bolts enough upon him.
7. a compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards.
8. 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.note: see:
tap bolt, screw bolt, and stud bolt.bolt \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.].
9. 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. ill schooled in bolted language.
10. to separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out. time and nature will bolt out the truth of things.
11. (law) to discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
12. 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.
13. Lightning; a thunderbolt.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
17. A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards.
18. A bundle, as of oziers.
19. To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.
20. To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
21. To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food.
22. 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.
23. To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc.
24. To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain.
25. 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.
26. To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
27. To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted.
28. 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.
29. In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
30. A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt.
31. A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
32. A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
33. 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.
34. To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; with out.
35. To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
36. A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter. a sudden abandonment a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length make or roll into bolts; "bolt fabric" swallow hastily secure or lock with a bolt; "bolt the door" move or jump suddenly; "She bolted from her seat".
37. 1. A bolt is a long metal object which screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together.
38. When you bolt one thing to another, you fasten them firmly together, using a bolt. The safety belt is easy to fit as there's no need to bolt it to seat belt anchorage points Bolt the components together a wooden bench which was bolted to the floor.
39. A bolt on a door or window is a metal bar that you can slide across in order to fasten the door or window. I heard the sound of a bolt being slowly and reluctantly slid open.
40. When you bolt a door or window, you slide the bolt across to fasten it. He reminded her that he would have to lock and bolt the kitchen door after her. the heavy bolted doors .
41. If a person or animal bolts, they suddenly start to run very fast, often because something has frightened them. The pig rose squealing and bolted I made some excuse and bolted for the exit.
42. If you bolt your food, you eat it so quickly that you hardly chew it or taste it. Being under stress can cause you to miss meals, eat on the move, or bolt your food. Bolt down means the same as bolt. Back then I could bolt down three or four burgers and a pile of French fries.
43. A bolt of lightning is a flash of lightning that is seen as a white line in the sky. Suddenly a bolt of lightning crackled through the sky.
44. If someone is sitting or standing bolt upright, they are sitting or standing very straight. When I pushed his door open, Trevor was sitting bolt upright in bed.
45. nuts and bolts: see:
nut. To pass (flour, for example) through a sieve. Mechanical fastener, usually used with a nut, for connecting two or more parts. Bolted joints can be readily disassembled and reassembled; hence bolts or screw fasteners are used more than other types of mechanical fastener. A bolt consists of a head and a cylindrical body with screw threads along a portion of its length. Nuts have internal (or female) threads to match those of the bolt. Washers are often used to prevent loosening and crushing.
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