Bolstered to Bonair
Bolstered
(Bol"stered) a.
1. Supported; upheld.
2. Swelled out.
Bolsterer
(Bol"ster*er) n. A supporter.
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 that which resembles an arrow; a dart.
Look that the crossbowmen lack not bolts.
Sir W. Scott.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
Shak.
2. Lightning; a thunderbolt.
3. 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.
4. A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by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.
5. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter. [Obs.]
Away with him to prison!
lay bolts enough upon him.
Shak.
6. A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards.
7. A bundle, as of oziers.
Bolt auger, an auger of large size; an auger to make holes for the bolts used by shipwrights. — Bolt
and nut, a metallic pin with a head formed upon one end, and a movable piece (the nut) screwed upon
a thread cut upon the other end. See B, C, and D, in illust. above.
See Tap bolt, Screw bolt, and Stud bolt.
Bolt
(Bolt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bolted; p. pr. & vb. n. Bolting.]
1. To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.
2. To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
I hate when Vice can bolt her arguments.
Milton.
3. To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food.
4. (U. S. Politics) 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.
5. (Sporting) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc.
