Bolt

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. Look that the crossbowmen lack not bolts. - Sir W. Scott. A fool's bolt is soon shot. - Shak.
	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	A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.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. Away with him to prison! lay bolts enough upon him. - Shak.
	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.
v. t.	1.	To shoot; to discharge or drive forth. [imp. & p. p. Bolted; p. pr. & vb. n. Bolting.]
	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 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. Let tenfold iron bolt my door. - Langhorn. Which shackles accidents and bolts up change. - Shak.
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. This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt, . . . 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.
adv.	1.	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. b - On the back at full length. - Addison.
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. 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.
v. t.	1.	[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. - Shak.
	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. 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.
n.	1.	A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.

Noun	1.	bolt - a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder Synonyms: bolt of lightning, thunderbolt
	2.	bolt - a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
	3.	bolt - the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key Synonyms: deadbolt
	4.	bolt - the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door" Synonyms: dash
	5.	bolt - a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
	6.	bolt - a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
	7.	bolt - a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
Verb	1.	bolt - move or jump suddenly; "She bolted from her seat"
	2.	bolt - secure or lock with a bolt; "bolt the door" Antonyms: unbolt - undo the bolt of; "unbolt the door"
	3.	bolt - swallow hastily
	4.	bolt - run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along Synonyms: abscond, absquatulate, go off, run off, decamp
	5.	bolt - leave suddenly and as if in a hurry; "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out" Synonyms: beetle off, bolt out, run off, run out
	6.	bolt - eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!" Synonyms: gobble
	7.	bolt - make or roll into bolts; "bolt fabric"
Adv.	1.	bolt - in a rigid manner; "the body was rigidly erect"; "ge sat bolt upright" Synonyms: rigidly, stiffly
	2.	bolt - directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her" Synonyms: bang, slap, smack, slapdash

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