Definition of bolt

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Bolt (n.) A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key..

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Burbolt :: Burbolt (n.) A birdbolt.
Bibbs :: Bibbs (n. pl.) Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast to support the trestletrees.
Deadlock :: Deadlock (n.) A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward..
Cropper :: Cropper (n.) A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth..
Bolter :: Bolter (n.) A kind of fishing line. See Boulter.
Bolt :: Bolt (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..
Thunderbolt :: Thunderbolt (n.) Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination..
Pin :: Pin (n.) A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt..
Latch :: Latch (n.) A movable piece which holds anything in place by entering a notch or cavity; specifically, the catch which holds a door or gate when closed, though it be not bolted..
Drivebolt :: Drivebolt (n.) A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.
Bolthead :: Bolthead (n.) A long, straight-necked, glass vessel for chemical distillations; -- called also a matrass or receiver..
Dogbolt :: Dogbolt (n.) The bolt of the cap-square over the trunnion of a cannon.
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food..
Ribband :: Ribband (n.) A long, narrow strip of timber bent and bolted longitudinally to the ribs of a vessel, to hold them in position, and give rigidity to the framework..
Hutch :: Hutch (n.) The case of a flour bolt.
Unbolt :: Unbolt (v. t.) To remove a bolt from; to unfasten; to unbar; to open.
Unbarricade :: Unbarricade (v. t.) To unbolt; to unbar; to open.
Table :: Table (v. t.) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the boltrope.
Snipebill :: Snipebill (n.) A bolt by which the body of a cart is fastened to the axle.
Talon :: Talon (n.) The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
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