Bolt

Bolt
Bolt Bolt, adv. In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly. [1913 Webster]

[He] came bolt up against the heavy dragoon. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]

{Bolt upright}. (a) Perfectly upright; perpendicular; straight up; unbendingly erect. --Addison. (b) On the back at full length. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]


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  • bolt — ► NOUN 1) a long metal pin with a head that screws into a nut, used to fasten things together. 2) a bar that slides into a socket to fasten a door or window. 3) the sliding piece of the breech mechanism of a rifle. 4) a short, heavy arrow shot… …   English terms dictionary

  • bolt — bolt1 [bōlt] n. [ME & OE, akin to Ger bolzen < IE base * bheld , to knock, strike] 1. a short, heavy, often blunt arrow shot from a crossbow 2. a flash of lightning; thunderbolt 3. a sudden dash or movement 4. a sliding bar for locking a door …   English World dictionary

  • Bolt — Bolt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bolted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bolting}.] 1. To shoot; to discharge or drive forth. [1913 Webster] 2. To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out. [1913 Webster] I hate when Vice can bolt her arguments. Milton. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bolt — (b[=o]lt; 110), 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. [1913 Webster] This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt, . . . And oft out of a bush doth bolt. Drayton.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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