- make a shaft or a bolt of it
- make a shaft or a bolt of itTo venture and take what comes of it, the shaft and the bolt being the arrows of the longbow and the crossbow respectively• • •Main Entry: ↑shaft
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make a shaft or a bolt of it
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bolt — [n1] lock; part of lock bar, brad, catch, coupling, dowel, fastener, lag, latch, lock, nut, padlock, peg, pin, pipe, rivet, rod, screw, skewer, sliding bar, spike, stake, staple, stud; concepts 470,471,680 Ant. key bolt [n2] flash; projectile… … New thesaurus
Bolt — Bolt, n. [AS. bolt; akin to Icel. bolti, Dan. bolt, D. bout, OHG. bolz, G. bolz, bolzen; of uncertain origin.] 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bolt and nut — Bolt Bolt, n. [AS. bolt; akin to Icel. bolti, Dan. bolt, D. bout, OHG. bolz, G. bolz, bolzen; of uncertain origin.] 1. A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt headed arrow; a quarrel; an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bolt auger — Bolt Bolt, n. [AS. bolt; akin to Icel. bolti, Dan. bolt, D. bout, OHG. bolz, G. bolz, bolzen; of uncertain origin.] 1. A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt headed arrow; a quarrel; an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bolt — bolt1 bolter, n. boltless, adj. boltlike, adj. /bohlt/, n. 1. a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc. 2. the part of a lock that is shot from and drawn back into the case, as by the action of the key. 3. any… … Universalium
bolt — Synonyms and related words: AWOL, French leave, Irish confetti, Jupiter Fulgur, Thor, abscond, absence without leave, absquatulate, absquatulation, apostacize, apostasy, apostatize, arrow, arrowhead, articulate, assort, attach, backsliding, bale … Moby Thesaurus
bolt — I. /boʊlt / (say bohlt) noun 1. a movable bar which when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc. 2. the part of a lock which is protruded from and drawn back into the case, as by the action of the key. 3. a strong metal pin, often with a… …
bolt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. lock, latch, bar; thunderbolt, stroke, flash. See closure, light. v. dash, run [away]; winnow, sift; gobble, gulp. See escape, gluttony, velocity, food. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A rod used for… … English dictionary for students
bolt — I. n. 1. Arrow, dart, shaft, missile. 2. Thunderbolt, stroke of lightning. 3. Metal pin or fastening. 4. Sieve. II. v. a. 1. Fasten with a bolt or bolts. 2. Swallow ( … New dictionary of synonyms
Key bolt — Key Key (k[=e]), n. [OE. keye, key, kay, AS. c[ae]g.] 1. An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
