单词 | bolt |
释义 | boltn.1 I. A projectile. 1. a. An arrow; especially one of the stouter and shorter kind with blunt or thickened head, called also quarrel, discharged from a crossbow or other engine. Often figurative, esp. in the proverbial phrase a fool's bolt is soon shot, so common from the 13th to 18th centuries. †at first bolt: at the first go off. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [noun] streale?680 floc893 arrowOE pileOE bolta1000 flanea1000 archer1297 shaftc1400 grey-goose wing1566 dorlach1575 goose-wing1630 shaftment1634 fate1700 timberc1879 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > crossbow bolt > [noun] bolta1000 quarrela1250 arbalestrec1300 vire1390 matrassc1450 viretonc1500 matrass1591 quarry1600 cross-arrow1619 the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb] soonc825 ratheeOE rathelyeOE rekeneOE rekenlyOE thereright971 anonOE forth ona1000 coflyc1000 ferlyc1000 radlyOE swiftlyc1000 unyoreOE yareOE at the forme (also first) wordOE nowOE shortlya1050 rightOE here-rightlOE right anonlOE anonc1175 forthrightc1175 forthwithalc1175 skeetc1175 swithc1175 with and withc1175 anon-rightc1225 anon-rights?c1225 belivec1225 lightly?c1225 quickly?c1225 tidelyc1225 fastlyc1275 hastilyc1275 i-radlichec1275 as soon asc1290 aright1297 bedenea1300 in little wevea1300 withoute(n dwella1300 alrightc1300 as fast (as)c1300 at firstc1300 in placec1300 in the placec1300 mididonec1300 outrightc1300 prestc1300 streck13.. titec1300 without delayc1300 that stounds1303 rada1325 readya1325 apacec1325 albedenec1330 as (also also) titec1330 as blivec1330 as line rightc1330 as straight as linec1330 in anec1330 in presentc1330 newlyc1330 suddenlyc1330 titelyc1330 yernec1330 as soon1340 prestly1340 streckly1340 swithly?1370 evenlya1375 redelya1375 redlya1375 rifelya1375 yeplya1375 at one blastc1380 fresha1382 ripelyc1384 presentc1385 presently1385 without arrestc1385 readilyc1390 in the twinkling of a looka1393 derflya1400 forwhya1400 skeetlya1400 straighta1400 swifta1400 maintenantc1400 out of handc1400 wightc1400 at a startc1405 immediately1420 incontinent1425 there and then1428 onenec1429 forwithc1430 downright?a1439 agatec1440 at a tricec1440 right forth1440 withouten wonec1440 whipc1460 forthwith1461 undelayed1470 incessantly1472 at a momentc1475 right nowc1475 synec1475 incontinently1484 promptly1490 in the nonce?a1500 uncontinent1506 on (upon, in) the instant1509 in short1513 at a clap1519 by and by1526 straightway1526 at a twitch1528 at the first chop1528 maintenantly1528 on a tricea1529 with a tricec1530 at once1531 belively1532 straightwaysa1533 short days1533 undelayedly1534 fro hand1535 indelayedly1535 straight forth1536 betimesc1540 livelyc1540 upononc1540 suddenly1544 at one (or a) dash?1550 at (the) first dash?1550 instantly1552 forth of hand1564 upon the nines1568 on the nail1569 at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572 indilately1572 summarily1578 at one (a) chop1581 amain1587 straightwise1588 extempore1593 presto1598 upon the place1600 directly1604 instant1604 just now1606 with a siserary1607 promiscuously1609 at (in) one (an) instant1611 on (also upon) the momenta1616 at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617 hand to fist1634 fastisha1650 nextly1657 to rights1663 straightaway1663 slap1672 at first bolt1676 point-blank1679 in point1680 offhand1686 instanter1688 sonica1688 flush1701 like a thought1720 in a crack1725 momentary1725 bumbye1727 clacka1734 plumba1734 right away1734 momentarily1739 momentaneously1753 in a snap1768 right off1771 straight an end1778 abruptedly1784 in a whistle1784 slap-bang1785 bang?1795 right off the reel1798 in a whiff1800 in a flash1801 like a shot1809 momently1812 in a brace or couple of shakes1816 in a gird1825 (all) in a rush1829 in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830 straightly1830 toot sweetc1830 in two twos1838 rectly1843 quick-stick1844 short metre1848 right1849 at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854 off the hooks1860 quicksticks1860 straight off1873 bang off1886 away1887 in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890 ek dum1895 tout de suite1895 bung1899 one time1899 prompt1910 yesterday1911 in two ups1934 presto changeo1946 now-now1966 presto change1987 a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 508, 372 Catapultas, speru, boltas. a1225 Leg. Kath. 54 Ȝoure bolt is sone ischote. a1275 Prov. Alfred 421 in Old Eng. Misc. 129 Sottis bold is sone i-scoten. a1400 Cov. Myst. 136 He that shett the bolt is lyke to be schent. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 78 Loong as a Mast and vp righte as a bolt. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxiv. 529 But he made to be cast boltes of wilde fyre in to the galley of the admyrall. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 812 Hec sagitta, a harrow; hoc petulium, a bolt. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. Kiv Than wolde ye mende, as the fletcher mends his bolt. 1612 W. Fennor Cornu-copiæ 11 The grosser foole, the sooner shoots his bolt. 1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. B3v At first bolt..he denounces sentence before inquiry. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. liii. 185 ‘Zounds! I have done,’ (said he). ‘Your bolt is soon shot, according to the proverb,’ (said she). 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xiii. 250 Look that the cross-bowmen lack not bolts. 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour viii. 129 The cross-bow-men had to open the discharge of their bolts while their bow-strings were still wet from a heavy shower. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [verb (intransitive)] > run a risk or take one's chance to take one's chancec1325 to take penancec1400 to throw at allc1400 to buy a pig (in Scotl. a cat) in a poke1546 to throw the helve after the hatchet1546 to set (up) one's rest1579 to give the adventure1607 to make a shaft or a bolt of ita1616 to run a fortune1627 to run for luck1799 to go the vole1816 chance1863 to chance one's arm1889 to take a chance or chances1902 gamble1919 a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. iv. 24 Ile make a shaft or a bolt on't, slid, tis but venturing. View more context for this quotation 1679 tr. Trag. Hist. Jetzer 17 Without any regard to the Displeasure..of God [they] resolv'd to make a shaft or a bolt of it. 1687 R. L'Estrange Answer to Let. to Dissenter 46 One might have made a Bolt or a Shaft on't. 2. a. A discharge of lightning, a thunderbolt. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > lightning > bead or forked lightning > flash of laitc900 slaughta1300 levinc1300 fire-slaughta1400 flaughta1400 thunderboltc1440 fudder1513 fire-flaughta1522 flag of firea1522 bolt1535 strokea1542 lightning bolta1560 lightning1560 fire-bolt?1562 fulgur1563 fulmen1563 thunder-thump1563 light-bolt1582 fire-flash1586 blaze1590 flake1590 clap1591 blastc1665 glade1744 streak1781 thunder-ball1820 leader stroke1934 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [noun] > lightning > stroke of > thunderbolt fudderc1429 thunderboltc1440 bolt1535 fire-bolt?1562 fulmen1563 light-bolt1582 thunder-ball1820 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxxvii[i]. 48 How he smote their..flockes with hote thonder boltes. 1586 M. Roydon Elegie on Astrophel 178. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 491 That they shall fear we have disarmd The Thunderer of his only dreaded bolt . View more context for this quotation 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. xiv. 370 Then, thund'ring oft, he hurl'd into the bark His bolts. 1802 T. Campbell Hohenlinden And louder than the bolts of heaven Far flashed the red artillery. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 142 Scarce had she ceased, when out of heaven a bolt..struck Furrowing a giant oak. b. figurative. So in bolt from the blue: see blue adj. and n. Phrases 5a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck > severe or sudden > a stroke (of misfortune, etc.) clapc1330 buffetc1400 flaw1513 wipe?1545 bolt1577 blow1608 attaint1655 bludgeoning1888 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. To King sig. Bbb.viijv The hoat boltes of that thunder, euen sentences definitiue of excommunication. 1803 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw (1831) viii. 70 The undistinguishing bolt of carnage. 1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket Prol. 10 That so the Papal bolt may pass by England. 3. An elongated bullet for a rifled cannon. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or ball > cannonball stone of iron1511 bullet1557 bombard1575 round shot1576 cannonball1606 pill1618 shot1622 bumbass1663 round1707 thunder-stone1822 bolt1871 nigger baby1872 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. i. 17 In artillery practice the heat generated is usually concentrated upon the front of the bolt. 4. A cylindrical jet. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of squirting or issuing in a jet > [noun] > a jet > cylindrical bolt1842 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > sudden or violent > in a jet > a jet > cylindrical bolt1842 1842 H. Miller Old Red Sandstone (ed. 2) x. 216 A bolt of water..came rushing after like the jet of a fountain. 1884 Public Opinion 11 July 47/1 The blowers skilfully gather the molten bolts of glass from the pots and blow huge cylinders. II. A stout pin for fastening. 5. (a) An appliance for fastening a door, consisting of a cylindrical (or otherwise-shaped) piece of iron, etc., moving longitudinally through staples or guides on the door, so that its end can be shot or pushed into a socket in the doorpost or lintel. (b) That part of a lock which springs out and enters the staple or ‘keeper’ made for its reception. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > lock > part of lock > bolt bolt1463 slot1890 1463 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 155 To bye lokkys and boltys ffor my lorddys schambre. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 10463 Þai..Barrit hom full bigly with boltes of yerne. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Si/1 Ye Boult of a doore, pessulus. 1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 43 Forc't vertu is as a bolt overshot, it goes neither forward nor backward. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. vii. §8 In a Lock—The Bolt or Shoot..The Staples, those as holds the Bolt to the Plate. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Bolt of a lock is the piece of iron which entering the staple, fastens the door. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles v. iii. 176 How came it here through bolt and bar? ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [noun] > bond(s) or fetter(s) or shackle(s) > for the feet or legs copsa700 fetterc800 gyvec1275 bolt1483 boysc1485 hose-ring?1515 hopshacklea1568 gin?1587 leg ring1606 hamper1613 shacklock1613 wife1616 pedicle1628 leg iron1779 wife1811 leg lock1815 ankle ring1823 anklet1835 hopple1888 Oregon boot1892 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 192/1 Delyuerd of theyr irons, as guyues, boltes, and other. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 199/2 Bolte or shacle, entraue. 1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. F4 Clap a strong pair of bolts on his heeles. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. B He shall to prison, and there die in boults. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. iv. 128 Some wore iron upon their skin and bolts upon their legs. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. vii. §86 Prison-shackles or Prisoners Bolts; they are Irons fastned about the Legs of Prisoners. 7. a. A stout metal pin with a head, used for holding things fast together. It may be permanently fixed, secured by riveting or by a nut, as the bolts of a ship; or movable, passing through a hole, as the bolts of a shutter.The bolts in ships, gun-carriages, etc. have various names according to their nature, purpose, or position, as clinch-bolts, ring-bolts, set-bolts; bed-bolts, eye-bolts, etc. See clinch n.1, ring n.1, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > bolt bolt1626 dag1727 machine bolta1884 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 10 Bindings, knees, boults, trunions. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 5 Set bolts for forcing the workes and plankes together. 1672 Compl. Gunner vi. 7 For fear any Bolts should give way or draw. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Cannon Breeching-bolts, with rings, through which the breechings pass. 1792 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 344 A machine for driving bolts..into ships. 1794 W. Felton Treat. Carriages I. 120 The common bolt, which receives a screwed nut at the bottom. 1851 A. H. Layard Pop. Acct. Discov. Nineveh xiii. 344 Holes for bolts exist in many of the slabs. b. A sliding metal rod in the breech mechanism of a rifle which opens and closes the bore and positions the cartridge. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > breech > bolt rifle bolt1849 bolt1859 1859 ‘Stonehenge’ Shot-gun iv. iii. 259 The barrel-maker has to braze on with great care two lumps of iron to the lower sides of the barrels, one of which..forms about three-fifths of the socket in which the circular bolt fixed in the stock revolves. In order to understand the exact form of the bolt, a gun on this principle must be examined, and moreover as scarcely any two makers adopt the same shape, the description of one would not suffice for all. 1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 129 The piece is cocked by the thumb, as is the needle-gun; the bolt is then turned one-quarter of a circle to the left, and drawn back: the cartridge is put in and pushed home by the bolt; this bolt is turned back one-quarter of a circle to the right; the piece is then ready for firing. 1930 G. Burrard In Gunroom 122 It is extremely difficult to insert an incorrectly assembled bolt into the action, and this can only be done by a combination of undue force and careful manipulation. 19691 [see bolt action n. at Compounds 3]. III. Transferred uses. 8. A roll of woven fabric: generally of a definite length; being, in various cases, 30 yards, 28 ells, or 40 feet. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > [noun] > roll bolt1407 gib1526 round1661 ringe1726 block1905 1407 Codicil to Will of Nicholas Wollebergh (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/2) f. 114v Lego Isabelle Wollebergh..iiij boltes de Worstede. 1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. E2 A boulte of Satten, Veluet or any such commoditie. a1600 Custom Duties, Add. MS. 25097 Poldavies, the bolte, containing xxx yards, xxs. 1638 T. Verney in Verney Papers 20 May 197 Fouer bolts of canvas to send cotton home in. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Bolt of Canvas, a piece containing 28 ells. 1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge i. 16 Stiff and upright, like a bolt of canvass on end. c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 52 Canvas is made in lengths of 40 feet, called bolts. 1887 N.E.D. at Bolt Mod. Sc. How many bowts of tape? 9. A bundle (of osiers, etc.) of a certain size; a bundle of reeds, 3 ft. in circumference. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > bundle > of straw, reeds, etc. > of specific size bolt1725 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Ozier Such as are for white work being made up into Bolts as they call them. 1863 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) II. (Gloss.) 721/1 Bolt, or Boult, of oziers. (Berks.), a bundle, measuring 42 inches round, 14 inches from the butts. (Ess.), a bundle, of which 80 make a load. (Hants.), 42 inches round at the lower band. 1879 Standard 17 Apr. To Rod Dealers, Basket Makers..25 scores bolts of fine, well-grown, clean, Green Willow Rods. 10. a. Wood in special size for cleaving into laths. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > piece for making into laths splinting1527 bolt1688 stave1823 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. iii. §50 Boults, the sawed piecces into lengths, out of which Laths or Latts are cloven. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Bolts in carpentry denote pieces of wood cleft with wedges in order to be split into laths. b. A block of wood from which smaller pieces are cut or split. U.S. ΚΠ 1639 Portsmouth Rec. 10 A shipp load of..pipe stauffes & clabboard boults. 1646 Braintree Rec. 4 In case any shall make sale of it [sc. timber]..either in boards or bolts. 1682 Plymouth Rec. 172 Making of shingles or bolts. 1853 Trans. Mich. Agric. Soc. 4 156 This machine cuts, dresses, and joints a stave,..feeding itself from a bolt of wood. 11. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > [noun] > sewer > drain for carrying off waste-water waste-drain1833 bolt1855 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > lane > [noun] > between buildings twitchenOE chare12.. shut1300 alley1360 entryc1405 wyndc1425 vennel1435 trance1545 row1599 ginnel1669 ruelle1679 gangway1785 pend close1819 ope1825 jitty1836 scutchell1847 gully1849 bolt1855 opeway1881 snicket1898 jigger1902 jowler1961 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 18 Bolts, narrow passages, or archways between houses. 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 5/2 Bolt, a stone-built drain. 1884 Local Govt. Chron. 8 Mar. 191 A Local Board found it necessary, for the purpose of taking away the waste water, etc. of a village, to construct a covered bolt across a garden..The house..stands immediately over this bolt. 12. Bookbinding. The fold at the top and front edge of a folded sheet. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > leaves or pages of book > [noun] > leaf > parts of leaf bolt1875 butt1921 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 423 Those leaves which present a double or quadruple fold, technically termed ‘the bolt’. 13. An obsolete or local name for some plants. Categories » a. The Globe-flower, Trollius (Gerard Appendix 1597), and Marsh Marigold. Categories » b. Species of Buttercup (Parkinson Theatr. Bot. 1640). Compounds C1. attributive quasi-adj. Bolt-like, bolt-shaped. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > [adjective] > of other cylindrical shapes caked1686 tuberose1704 cucumiform1826 sausage-like1852 bolt1859 cigar-shaped1887 torpedo-shaped1903 sausagey1921 whale-shaped1930 Zeppelinistic1930 top hat1958 1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon II. viii. v. 368 The smallest had a little bolt head covered with woolly brown hair. C2. a. Combinations, as bolt-auger, bolt-extractor, bolt-header, bolt-maker, bolt-making, etc. bolt-bearer n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > of specific things > of (types of) weather zephyrOE wind-god1594 rain god1838 thunder god1841 rain-goddess1854 storm-goddess1869 storm power1869 storm-god1877 bolt-bearer1883 weather-god1905 1883 Harper's Mag. Feb. 440/1 The bolt-bearer of the gods. b. bolt-like, bolt-shaped adjs. C3. Also bolt-head n., bolt-rope n. bolt action n. (see quot. 19691); also (with hyphen) attributive; also elliptical = a bolt-action gun. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > other small arms long gun1530 currier1558 crabut1626 long arm1675 bullet-guna1701 hand cannon1752 wall-gun1812 walking-stick gun1823 shoulder gun1824 safety gun1825 gas gun1856 self-cocker1857 bolt action1871 snap action gun1875 saddle gun1886 multibarrel1899 dane gun1900 clip-loader1901 pump-action1923 sleeve gun1944 laser gun1961 phaser1966 magnum1970 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > breech > bolt > bolt action bolt action1871 Mauser action1909 1871 W. W. Greener Mod. Breech-loaders 52 In all cases where they exploded caps with ‘bolt’ actions, the mark of the striker was found upon the cap. 1896 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. (ed. 6) xxx. 702 (heading) Bolt-action systems. 1958 R. Arnold Automatic & Repeating Shotguns ii. 46 In the United States the bolt-action has given excellent results at both Down-the-line and Skeet. 1969 D. C. Forbes Sporting Gun 137 Bolt action, refers to a gun with a breech which is opened by a bolt being turned and slid back. The cartridge is laid in front of the bolt and the bolt slid forward to push the cartridge into the breech. 1969 New Yorker 29 Nov. 150/2 He was carrying a First World War Czech bolt-action rifle. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [noun] > quiver cockereOE quiver1322 arrow casea1382 tarcays1490 bolt-bag1562 quiver case1568 dorlach1575 1562 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid ix. C c iij Ratling noyse of boltbag fine. bolt-chisel n. a cold chisel for cutting bolts. bolt-cutter n. one who cuts bolts; a machine for cutting bolts, or threads on bolts. ΚΠ 1879 Rep. Paris Universal Exhib. 1878 243 A bolt cutter and nut tapping machine. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > equipment or apparatus > [noun] > distillation apparatus bodya1400 descensoryc1405 circulatory1559 receiver1576 bolt-glass1594 adopter1741 Woulfe's apparatus1800 alcogene1828 fractionating column1908 1594 H. Plat Diuers Chimicall Concl. Distillation 44 in Jewell House Pour that which you haue..into a bolt glasse, hauing a long steale. bolt-hole n. a hole through which a bolt passes. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > a hole bored, pierced, or perforated > other bored, pierced, or perforated holes nail-hole1654 bolt-hole1691 shot-hole1745 pilot hole1891 bullet-hole- 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 45 To Plugg up the bolt-holes. bolt-iron n. round bar iron. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > type of iron > bar-iron > types of osmund1295 ozimus1550 nail-rod1774 bolt-iron1793 hoop-iron1820 hooping1823 mill bar1839 larget1852 wire iron1952 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §147 The Bolt iron composing the chain had been..five eighths of an inch in diameter. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [noun] > limit of distance or reach > to which a thing may be shot > specific bowshotc1300 bow-draughtc1400 buck-shot1447 flight-shot1455 gun-shot1532 bird bolt shot1570 cannon shot?1571 pistol shot1608 bolt's-shoot1677 rifle shot1803 gun-reach1825 rifle range1830 gun-range1852 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 336 About a Bolts-shoot off, on the other side the hedge. Categories » bolt-strake n. Nautical certain strakes of plank which the beam fastenings pass through (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.). bolt-threader n. a machine for cutting screw-threads on bolts. C4. bolt-upright; see bolt adv. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022). boltn.2 The act of bolting. 1. A sudden spring or start. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [noun] braid1297 startc1330 abraid1570 bolt1577 quirka1616 sprunt1660 shunting1775 flick1866 1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 335 The two Consuls gaue a boylt aloft on their chariots. 1594 (a1555) D. Lindsay Hist. Squyer Meldrum l. 146, in Wks. (1931) I. 150 And with ane bolt on thame he bendit. 2. The act of suddenly breaking away; breaking away from a political party (U.S. colloquial). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > going away suddenly or hurriedly scamper1697 decampment1706 helter-skelter1713 scamperinga1774 run1799 leg-bail1808 bolting1820 bolt1831 absquatulation1839 vamosing1862 hot foot1869 society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > deserting one's party > an act of bolt1831 rat1838 1831 T. De Quincey Dr. Parr in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 76/1 He suddenly made a bolt to the very opposite party. 1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling i. 48 He will make a bolt to his holt. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 July 11/2 It is the ‘Blaine bolt’ which lends so extraordinary an interest to the Chicago Convention. 3. The act of bolting food. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > eating hastily bolt1835 snatching1846 1835 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Mag. 37 133 The difference between a civilized swallow and a barbarous bolt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). boltboultn.3 1. A flour-sieve, a boulter. Hence (or from the verb-stem) † bolt-cloth n. Obsolete a cloth for bolting or sifting; a fabric suitable for this. bolt feeder n. an apparatus for regulating the passage of meal to the flour-bolt.† bolt peel n. Obsolete a shovel for putting meal into the bolter.† bolt-poke n. Obsolete a bolter or bag for sifting. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > sieving > sieve or riddle riddereOE riddlelOE boultel1266 temse?1362 reeing-sieve1378 bolt-clothc1425 bolt-pokec1440 bulstarec1440 bigg-riddle1446 oat riddle1446 bolting-tunc1485 bolter1530 bolting-tub1530 bolting-pipe1534 bolting-poke1552 gingerbread temse?1562 bolting-hutch1598 reeving-sieve1613 hutch1619 temzer1696 ree1728 oat-ridder1743 harp1788 bunt1796 bolting-machine1808 sowens-say1825 slap-riddle1844 bolt1847 flour-bolt1874 purifier1884 flour-bolter1888 plansifter1905 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > sieving > sieve or riddle > shovel for putting meal in sieve bolt peel?a1500 c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 663 Hoc pollitridium, bult~clathe. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 55 Bulte pooke or bulstare..politrudum. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 808 Hoc pollentridium, a bultpele. Polenduare, a bult. 1592 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 212 xj yards of boutcloth 6s. 1611 Book of Rates (Jam.) Boult-claith, the eln xs. 1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Bolt, a sieve. 2. A hypothetical law case propounded and argued for practice by students of the Inns of Court. (Cf. bolting n.1 2b.) ΘΚΠ society > law > study of law > [noun] > discussion of hypothetical cases by students > hypothetical case discussed moot1512 bolt1556 moot case1563 1556 in W. P. Baildon Black Bks. (Rec. Soc. Lincoln's Inn) (1897) I. 316 Everi daye (except Sondayes and festifall dayes, when ther is a mote or a bolte). 1570 in R. J. Fletcher Pension-bk. Gray's Inn (1901) I. 4 Item it is ordered..that upon the other dayes not appointed for the moting it shalbe lawfull to the utter baristers to keepe bolts. 1593– in Douthwaite Gray's Inn (1886) 83 None shall be called to the barr but such as..have put Cases at Bolts in Term six times. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 89/1 Bolts were of an analogous character, though deemed inferior to moots. Both had fallen into desuetude until lately. 1956 A. L. Rowse Early Churchills ii. 14 The readings, moots and bolts—the public exercises that tested the knowledge acquired by the students from their seniors. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). boltboultv.1 1. a. transitive. To sift; to pass through a sieve or bolting-cloth. to bolt out: to separate by sifting. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [verb (transitive)] > clean grain > by sieve temsec950 ridderOE boltc1175 bunt1340 riddle1440 ree?1523 range1538 succernate1623 ravela1690 reeve1777 c1175 [implied in: Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 992 Recles smec. & bulltedd bræd, Þatt bakenn wass inn ofne. (at bolted adj.1)]. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvii. lxvii The floure of þe mele, whan it is bultid [1535 boulted] and departid from þe bran. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. iv. sig. Giiiv Fancy may boult bran, and make ye take it flowre. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 765 Powder of the rootes..searced or bolted into most fine dust. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice iii. 38 Grinde all these together, and boult them through an ordinarie boulting cloath. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 134 To bolt the bran From the pure flour. 1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. ii. 77 Flour has the bran bolted from it. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) ii. ii. 135 Such and so finely boulted didst thou seeme. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 362 The fan'd snow, that's bolted By th'Northerne blasts. View more context for this quotation 2. figurative. To examine by sifting; to search and try. to bolt out: to find out, or separate by sifting. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > scrutinize [verb (transitive)] through-seekOE gropea1250 to search outa1382 ensearch1382 boltc1386 examinea1387 ransackc1390 ripea1400 search1409 overreach?a1425 considerc1425 perquirec1460 examec1480 peruse?1520 grounda1529 study1528 oversearch1532 perscrute1536 scrute1536 to go over ——1537 scan1548 examinate1560 rifle1566 to consider of1569 excuss1570 ripe1573 sift1573 sift1577 to pry into ——1581 dive1582 rub1591 explore1596 pervestigate1610 dissecta1631 profound1643 circumspect1667 scrutinize1671 perscrutatea1679 introspect1683 rummage1690 reconnoitre1740 scrutinate1742 to look through1744 scrutiny1755 parse1788 gun1819 cat-haul1840 vivisect1876 scour1882 microscope1888 tooth-comb1893 X-ray1896 comb1904 fine-tooth comb1949 the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > find out, discover [verb (transitive)] > as by sifting, teasing, etc. tozec1450 to pick out1523 to bolt out1545 sift1592 pumpa1637 incern1656 probe1699 mole1856 to winkle out1942 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > find by other specific means to look out?1496 to turn up1523 to bolt out1553 quafer1694 peep1819 poke-out1874 c1386 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale 420 I ne kan nat bulte it to the bren. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 31v You Persians for your great wysdome, can soone boult out what they meane. 1553 Queen Mary I in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1822) III. App. xiv. 35 Wherby ye may the better bulte out the malicious. 1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 416 Neither may I..boult out the whole Etymologie (or reason) of euery Townes name. 1641 B. Rudyerd Five Speeches in Parl. 12 Let the matters bolt out the men; their actions discover them. 1791 E. Burke Let. to Member National Assembly in Wks. (1823) VI. 49 I must first bolt myself before I can censure them. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. i. 48 The curious few Who care to sift a business to the bran Nor coarsely bolt it like the simpler sort.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). boltv.2 I. To spring, move suddenly, with its causal. * intransitive To go off like a bolt. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > rebound > [verb (intransitive)] to pilt up againa1200 bolt?c1225 rebounda1398 redoundc1500 stot1513 to strike upward1530 band1580 recoil1591 bound1597 result1598 retort1599 resile1641 bandy1658 resiliate1755 ricochet1804 reverberate1817 kick1832 dap1851 bounce1887 bank1962 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 270 Hit bulteð [a1250 Nero pulteð up, a1250 Titus hit bultes] aȝein upo þeo þe nech stondeð. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7476 Both went backward & bult vppon the erthe. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > rise or be standing [verb (intransitive)] > rise > quickly or suddenly to start upc1275 upstart1303 leapc1330 upspringc1374 uprapea1400 boltc1425 starta1470 spring1474 rear1835 rare1886 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. ix. viii. 162 Suddanly He boltyd up welle nere-hand þame by Wyth twelf displayed Baneris. 1483 Cath. Angl. 36 To Bolt up, emergere. 1594 H. Plat Jewell House 74 They shall not be able to rise or bolt vp againe. 1621 F. Quarles Hadassa (1638) 90 What made..thy haire Bolt up? 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 108 The patient, bolting upright in the bed, collared each of these assistants with the grasp of Hercules. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain ii. x. 67 Screaming with agony and fright, He bolted twenty feet upright. 2. To move or come as with a spring or sudden bound, to dart. a. To come or spring suddenly upon (obsolete); to enter with a spring or sudden bound in, into. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] > suddenly bursta1450 insprent1513 bolt1666 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > suddenness > come upon suddenly [verb (transitive)] to step on ——OE takea1382 skey1539 sursault1598 bolt1779 to pounce on (or upon)1812 to burst upon1867 1666 S. Pepys Diary 20 Feb. (1972) VII. 49 Bolting into the dining-room, I there found Captain Ferrer. 1666 J. Bunyan Grace Abounding ⁋143 Suddenly this sentence bolted in upon me. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 91. ⁋1 Who came privately in a Chair, and bolted into my Room. 1779 S. Johnson Let. 6 Apr. (1992) III. 228 I think to bolt upon you at Bath. 1840 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) V. 92 Men were bolting in a hurry out of one religious tyranny, and it was not so wonderful they should bolt into another. 1854 T. De Quincey On Murder (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay IV. 74 In, therefore, he bolted, and..turned the key. b. To dart forth, forward, out. (Often with the idea of start running, as in 3.) ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > rush out outfling?c1450 bolta1522 breakc1540 outrush1563 expire1626 outrun1819 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) v. vi. 58 Furth bowtis with a bend Nysus. 1594 (a1555) D. Lindsay Hist. Squyer Meldrum l. 519, in Wks. (1931) I. 160 [He] bowtit fordwart, with ane bend. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 92 Bolting out of Bushes in the dark. 1697 J. Dryden Ded. Georgics in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. ¶2 Some bolting out upon the Stage with vast applause. a1779 D. Garrick Lying Valet i, in Wks. (1798) I. 42 Out bolts her husband upon me with a fine taper crab in his hand. 1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches viii. 259 With..a furious growl, forth he bolted from the bush. c. Hawking. (See quot. 1855.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > action of hawk > [verb (intransitive)] > fly at quarry enoisel?1533 rake1797 bolt1855 1855 F. H. Salvin & W. Brodrick Falconry in Brit. Isles Gloss. 149 Bolt, to fly straight from the fist at game, as Goshawks and Sparrow-Hawks do. d. Horticulture. To ‘run to seed’ prematurely. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > grow or vegetate [verb (intransitive)] > grow abnormally or unseasonably spirt1584 boll1601 sprout1675 run1725 button1767 bolt1889 to set to seed1897 1889 in Cent. Dict. 1961 Amateur Gardening 16 Sept. 12/2 In April or early May many of the plants ‘bolted’. 3. To dart off or away, make off with himself, take flight, escape; to rush suddenly off or away. a. gen. of people or animals. spec. of a rabbit, fox, etc.: to escape from its burrow or earth. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > action of game > [verb (intransitive)] to stand, be (abide obs.) at bayc1314 to steal awayc1369 stalla1425 starta1425 rusec1425 beatc1470 lodgec1470 trason1486 rouse1532 angle1575 bolt1575 to take squat1583 baya1657 watch1677 fall1697 tree1699 to go away1755 to sink the wind1776 to get up1787 to go to ground1797 lie1797 to stand up1891 fly1897 society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] > hastily or suddenly fleec825 warpa1400 wringc1400 bolt1575 decamp1751 mog1770 to hop the twig1797 to take (its, etc.) wing1806 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 vamoose1834 fade1848 skedaddle1862 to beat it1906 blow1912 to hop it1914 beetle1919 bug1950 jet1951 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away suddenly or hastily fleec825 runOE swervea1225 biwevec1275 skip1338 streekc1380 warpa1400 yerna1400 smoltc1400 stepc1460 to flee (one's) touch?1515 skirr1548 rubc1550 to make awaya1566 lope1575 scuddle1577 scoura1592 to take the start1600 to walk off1604 to break awaya1616 to make off1652 to fly off1667 scuttle1681 whew1684 scamper1687 whistle off1689 brush1699 to buy a brush1699 to take (its, etc.) wing1704 decamp1751 to take (a) French leave1751 morris1765 to rush off1794 to hop the twig1797 to run along1803 scoot1805 to take off1815 speela1818 to cut (also make, take) one's lucky1821 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 absquatulize1829 mosey1829 absquatulate1830 put1834 streak1834 vamoose1834 to put out1835 cut1836 stump it1841 scratch1843 scarper1846 to vamoose the ranch1847 hook1851 shoo1851 slide1859 to cut and run1861 get1861 skedaddle1862 bolt1864 cheese it1866 to do a bunkc1870 to wake snakes1872 bunk1877 nit1882 to pull one's freight1884 fooster1892 to get the (also to) hell out (of)1892 smoke1893 mooch1899 to fly the coop1901 skyhoot1901 shemozzle1902 to light a shuck1905 to beat it1906 pooter1907 to take a run-out powder1909 blow1912 to buzz off1914 to hop it1914 skate1915 beetle1919 scram1928 amscray1931 boogie1940 skidoo1949 bug1950 do a flit1952 to do a scarper1958 to hit, split or take the breeze1959 to do a runner1980 to be (also get, go) ghost1986 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxiv. 179 Put in a Ferret close musseled, and she will make the Conies bolte out againe into your pursenets. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxiv. 179 It will make the Conies bolte out of the earth. 1620 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster ii. 16 Here's one boulted, I'le hound at her. a1625 J. Fletcher Humorous Lieut. iv. viii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Sss3 v/2 He will bolt now for certaine. 1838 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1871) I. 156 The landlord of the tavern keeping his eye on a man whom he suspected of an intention to bolt. 1851 T. Sternberg Dial. & Folk-lore Northants. Bolt-hole, the hole from which the rabbit makes its escape; or, in the phraseology of the craft, ‘bolts’. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. ii. iii. 188 At once bolting off in cabs. 1879 F. T. Pollok Sport Brit. Burmah II. 94 The rhinoceros bolted, and I got two shots as it crossed an open piece. 1900 A. E. T. Watson Young Sportsman 234 A rabbit will bolt much sooner from a ferret that is free. 1900 A. E. T. Watson Young Sportsman 234 A rabbit will sometimes decline to bolt, and will be killed in the burrow. b. spec. Of a horse: To break away from the rider's control; to make a violent dash out of his course. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [verb (intransitive)] > carry rider > bolt (with rider) to run away withc1330 bolt1820 1820 W. Scott Monastery I. v. 178 The mule..bounded, bolted, and would soon have thrown Father Philip over her head. 1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile xxii. 683 My donkey bolted about every five minutes. 1884 E. L. Anderson Mod. Horsemanship i. viii. 44 Bolting is the quick, determined movement, usually off the course and often against some obstacle, that a horse makes to break away from restraint. c. transferred. To break away from a political party. (U.S. Politics.) Cf. 7. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [verb (intransitive)] > desert one's party to go over1648 rat1810 bolt1821 to jump Jim Crow1833 Tylerize1865 1821 in E. S. Brown Missouri Compromises (1926) 43 Parker of Virginia, & some others, bolted. 1833 Louisville Daily Herald 17 Oct. Does the Doctor apprehend that the editor is about to ‘bolt’? 1854 Knickerbocker May 522 Uncle R. was not much of a politician;..but he would often ‘bolt’ and carry the town with him. 1871 St. Louis Democrat 3 Apr. (De Vere) Several of our contemporaries have announced..that Carl Schurz has bolted from the Republican party. 1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 11 July (heading) Belief that Butler and Tammany will bolt. ** transitive To send off like a bolt. 4. a. To let off or discharge like a bolt; to shoot. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > project through space to let flyOE shootc1290 bolta1420 dischargec1500 speeda1569 outshoota1586 emit1711 wing1718 wise1721 arrow1796 wing1970 bomb- a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 2226 Disceyte..Bultethe out shame, and causethe grete smertnesse. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 439 A frivolous devise boulted out of the forgeshoppe of Lumbarde. 1618 P. Holderus tr. J. van Oldenbarneveld Barneuel's Apol. sig. C Against your woundless brest he bolts his dart in vaine. 1648 G. Markham Country Housew. Garden (1668) iii. viii. 71 One of these seeds put into the eye..will..bolt itself forth without hurt to the eye. 1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 169 Some may have been bolted off by the shock of an earthquake. b. To drive out suddenly or forcibly; to expel. spec. To cause (a fox, rabbit, otter, etc.) to retreat from its hole or burrow. Also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel afferreOE warpc1000 outdriveOE wreakc1100 to cast out1297 to cast fortha1382 out-chasec1395 flecchea1400 to shoot forth, out, awaya1400 propel?1440 expulse?a1475 scour1488 out-thrust1532 to catch forthc1540 propulse1548 pulsec1550 unplant1552 to turn out of ——1562 extrude1566 detrude?1567 eliminate1568 deturbate1570 detruse1571 unroost1598 to put by1600 deturb1609 bolt1615 run1631 disembogue1632 out of1656 expel1669 rout1812 to manage (a person) out of1907 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > from a lair, nest, or hole unnestlec1450 unnest?1533 unkennel1565 unharbour1575 unden1598 unharborough1611 bolt1615 unearth1622 unburrow1860 1615 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Cupids Revenge iii. sig. G1v This is one of her Ferrets that shee bolts businesse out withall. 1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iii. xiv. 176 You shall say Bowlt the Conie. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Spanish Curat v. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. G4 v/1 All your devills wee will bolt. a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) iii. 100 To have been bolted forth, Thrust out abruptly into Fortune's way. 1864 J. C. Atkinson Stanton Grange 201 He intended to dig at his leisure until he bolted him [sc. an otter]. 1892 Mrs. J. E. H. Gordon Eunice Anscombe 176 The terrier..was put into the hole to ‘bolt’ the otter. 1902 Daily Chron. 13 Mar. 8/2 A brace of foxes were next bolted from an artificial earth. 1914 R. Curle Life a Dream 229 The dogs became wildly excited, pawing at the sand around the hole, bolting the crab, and then biting it. 1922 E. Phillpotts Grey Room vii. 172 He'll bolt it [sc. the evil spirit] yet,..like a ferret bolts a rat. c. to bolt upright: to cause to stand on end. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > horripilation > [verb (transitive)] bristlea1616 frizz1791 to bolt upright1794 stiver1886 1794 J. Wolcot Compl. Epist. to Bruce in Wks. II. 463 Tales..That bolt like hedge-hog-quills the hair upright. d. (a) Archery. To loose too soon after drawing the bow. ΚΠ 1909 in Cent. Dict. Suppl. (b) Golf. To putt with so much force that the ball will go some distance past the hole if it fails to go into it. ΚΠ 1909 in Cent. Dict. Suppl. 5. To utter hastily, ejaculate, blurt out or forth. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > without restraint, openly, or recklessly > blurt out braid1562 blurt1573 bolt1577 plump1579 sot1608 to bounce out (with)c1626 flirt1641 blutter1684 to come right out with1861 to give vent1870 blat1879 whip1889 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Socrates Scholasticus vii. xxix, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 393 He bolted out such rash & vnadvised sayings. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 123 Mahomet-Ally-beg vndesired, bolted out, that hee knew [etc.]. a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Richard II cccxlvii, in Poems (1878) III. 223 The Rudest Head will bolt a Paraphrase. 1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Jewish Antiq. xvi. vi, in Wks. 448 The Princes..bolted out at a Venture, whatever came at their Tongue's End. 1821 S. T. Coleridge Lett., Conversat., & Recoll. I. xv. 161 What we struggle with inwardly, we find..easiest to bolt out. 6. colloquial. To swallow hastily and without chewing, swallow whole or with a single effort, gulp down. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat hastily snatch1519 gobble1583 goggle1611 bolt1794 snatch1803 snap- 1794 J. Wolcot Pathetic Odes in Wks. III. 401 Bolting his subjects with majestic gobble. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 78 He..bolted the alcohol, to use the learned phrase, and withdrew. 1834 F. Marryat Pacha I. ix. 174 Bolting them down to satisfy the cravings of..hunger. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species xi. 362 Some hawks and owls bolt their prey whole. 1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 June 3/1 It would be much simpler for the House of Commons to bolt the bill whole. *** transitive development of 3, 3b, 3c. 7. To break away from (a political party or platform to which one has hitherto docilely adhered); = bolt from, in sense 3 (U.S. Politics). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > involve in party politics [verb (transitive)] > desert party bolt1813 1813 Portsmouth (N.H.) Oracle 20 Nov. 2/3 Others,..without sufficient courage to do their duty, bolted the question. 1847 Congress. Globe 4 Feb. 322/2 [I said] that I had never bolted a regular nomination of the Democratic party, from President to constable. 1867 Congress. Globe Apr. 847/1 I did not follow [Mr. Fessenden] in his leadership on that occasion. I have no recollection of ever having bolted my leader until that time, but then I did. 1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 11 July It is believed that Butler and Tammany will bolt the ticket. 1884 U.S. Newspaper Several prominent Irishmen had bolted Cleveland. 1885 Howells in Harper's Mag. July 262/1 The Democrat-Republican..bolted the nomination of a certain politician of its party for Congress. II. To make fast or confine with a bolt. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > bind, fetter, or shackle [verb (transitive)] bind971 to bind hand and footOE i-bindec1000 umgivea1300 warrok1362 hampera1375 bolt1377 shacklec1440 astrainc1475 estrain1483 to put in irons1533 to tie up1570 manacle1582 beshackle1599 to tie (also lay) neck and heels1618 fillet1633 kilta1689 to tie down1699 oblige1718 hog-tie1886 zip-tie1985 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. vi. 138 If he be..bolted with yrnes. a1535 T. More Wks. (1557) 1246 He bolteth their arms with a paulsy, that they cannot lift their hands to their heads. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) v. ii. 6 That thing..Which shackles accedents, and bolts vp change. View more context for this quotation 9. a. transitive. To secure (a door, etc.) with a bolt. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close (a door, window, etc.) > bolt, bar, or lock sparc1175 pena1200 louka1225 bara1300 shutc1320 lockc1325 clicketc1390 keyc1390 pinc1390 sneckc1440 belocka1450 spare?c1450 latch1530 to lock up1549 slot1563 bolt1574 to lock to?1575 double-lock1594 stang1598 obserate1623 padlock1722 button1741 snib1808 chain1839 1574 J. Baret Aluearie B 827 The olde woman bolted the dore. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Sam. xiii. 17 Put now this woman out from mee, and bolt the doore after her. View more context for this quotation 1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim 439 You haue obstinately bolted your heart against all these pious stories. 1720 T. Boston Human Nature iv. 200 Labouring to enter into Heaven by the Door, which Adam's Sin..bolted. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate II. ii. 41 The kitchen door, which he locked and bolted. b. to bolt out, in, up: to exclude, shut in, shut up, by bolting a door, etc. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > shut or lock (a person or thing) in or out inseil?a1000 bespara1100 loukc1275 sparc1430 spare?c1450 to shut inc1460 to lock out1599 occlude1623 inbolt1632 to bolt out, in, upa1653 sneck1816 sport1825 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > be on the outside of [verb (transitive)] > keep or shut out > specific persons > by locking or bolting doors to lock out?a1425 to lock fortha1616 to bolt out, in, upa1653 a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 32 Yee grace barre out, and vanitie bolt in. 1691 E. Taylor Behmen's Incarn. 330 The Divine Substantiality did sit bolted up therein. 1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 70 Where God is bolted out from every house. c. absol. or intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > become closed or shut [verb (intransitive)] > become closed (of a door, window, etc.) > close or lock door(s) steekc1400 to lock upa1631 bolt1847 chain1886 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. ii. 24 We can bolt and bar. d. intransitive for passive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > become closed or shut [verb (intransitive)] > become closed (of a door, window, etc.) > be or admit of being locked or bolted lock1590 bolt1907 1907 Smart Set Feb. 77/1 The door bolts on the inside. 10. To fasten together or furnish with bolts. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > with bolts bolt1728 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Keel Into this are all the Ground-Timbers and Hooks fastened and bolted. 1780 E. Burke Speech Bristol previous to Election 61 The..fabric..is well cramped and bolted together in all its parts. 1787 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) I. 207 I have ordered her [a ship] to be new bolted. 1824 A. Ure Dict. Chem. (new ed.) 9 A disc of cast-iron well fitted and firmly bolted to it. 1875 A. Maclaren Serm. 2nd Ser. iii. 55 A strong shaft of iron bolting together the two tottering walls of some old building. Compounds The verb-stem in combination. bolt-on adj. of an optional addition to a car, machinery, etc.: able to be attached to the original parts by bolts; also figurative, (able to be) added on to something when required; cf. add-on n. and adj. and screw-on adj. and n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > [adjective] > with bolt > able to be bolt-on1963 1963 Times 8 Jan. 11/1 To test the effectiveness of a ‘bolt-on’ conversion unit during everyday motoring, I had the latest Lockheed diaphragm servo system fitted to a Morris 1100. 1967 Time 12 May 88/3 Decked out with bolt-on guns and rocket launchers, the shaking, rattling and rolling choppers are less than perfect for close-in fire support. 1974 Daily Tel. 4 Sept. 12/1 Bolt-on aerofoils for your Ford or Austin could be the next motor accessory craze. 1986 Pract. Gardening Mar. 12/1 We came up with the idea of a ‘bolt-on’ garden. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). boltadv. 1. The noun is used similatively (cf. snow-white adj. and n., sand-blind adj.) = ‘as a bolt,’ in bolt up (obsolete), bolt upright (see upright adj. and n.); whence bolt-ˈuprightness n. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [noun] > condition of being vertical or upright bolt-uprightnessc1405 perpendicularness1606 uprightness1645 erectness1646 verticality1799 verticalism1860 the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [adverb] > uprightly upwardc1290 uprightsa1375 bolt uprightc1405 rect1557 uprightly1601 bolt up1638 erectly1646 up1669 the world > space > relative position > posture > upright or erect posture > [noun] bolt-uprightnessc1405 erection1622 erectness1646 standing1709 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 346 I haue..Swyued the Milleris doghter bolt vp right. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 967 Bere it bolt upright..and ley her downe upright. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 906 His heare stood bolt vpright vpon his head. 1635 R. Brathwait tr. M. Silesio Arcadian Princesse 158 Epimonos all this while sat bolt-upright in a chaire. 1638 W. More in Obsequies 11 in Justa Edouardo King On his knees..With hands bolt up to heaven. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 87 I suddenly sprang bolt upright in my chair, and awoke. 2. The verb stem is used adverbially to express a sudden rapid motion; = ‘bolting, with one bolt, straight’. ΘΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adverb] > instantaneously or with a short space of time swiftlya1400 at one fling1556 at one (a) chop1581 per saltum1602 at one (fell, etc.) swoop1612 popa1625 instantaneously1644 in the catching up of a garter1697 in the drawing of a trigger1706 in a handclap1744 at a slap1753 momentaneously1753 in a whiff1800 in a brace or couple of shakes1816 bolt1839 at a single jeta1856 overnight1912 jiffy-quick1927 in two ups1934 1839 T. Hood I'm not Single Man vi, in Hood's Own 123/2 Bolt up the stairs they ran. 1877 J. S. Blackie Wise Men Greece 121 A pitchy pillar of thick-volumed smoke Shot bolt to heaven. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < |
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