bolt

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run away
directly
leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
the act of moving with great haste
a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
move or jump suddenly
secure or lock with a bolt
swallow hastily
eat hastily without proper chewing
make or roll into bolts
in a rigid manner
A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
Lightning
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
A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate
An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner
A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards
A bundle, as of oziers
To shoot
To utter precipitately
To swallow without chewing
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
To cause to start or spring forth
To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters
To start forth like a bolt or arrow
To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt
To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path
To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or a caucus with which one has been connected
In the manner of a bolt
A sudden spring or start
A sudden flight, as to escape creditors
A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected
To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter
To separate, as if by sifting or bolting
To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law
A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal
Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in West Virginia
Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Wisconsin

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