Bolt: Definition and part of speech

Bolt

  1. n. A bundle, as of oziers.
  2. n. 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.
  3. n. Lightning; a thunderbolt.
  4. n. 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. n. A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.
  6. n. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
  7. n. A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards.
  8. 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.
  9. v. i. To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
  10. v. i. To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted.
  11. 1n. 1 A bundle, as of oziers.
  12. 1n. 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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