A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
There was the noise of a bolt shot back, and the door opened a few inches, enough to show a long snout and a pair of sleepy blinking eyes.
A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
The combination, in a flour bolt, of a reel head having a throat near its outer edge for the passage of the tailings and a series of revolving adjustable beaters, substantially as set forth.
To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
Bolt the vice to the bench.
To affix in a crude or unnatural manner.
Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
The soldiers stood bolt upright for inspection.
A surname transferred from the nickname.
A census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States, named after an early postmaster.
An unincorporated community in the town of Franklin, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, United States.
From Middle English bolt, from Old English bolt, from Proto-West Germanic *bolt, from Proto-Germanic *bultaz, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeld- (“to knock, strike”). Compare Lithuanian beldu (“...
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To sift, especially through a cloth.