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.
6. To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain.
Let tenfold iron bolt my door.
Langhorn.
Which shackles accidents and bolts up change.
Shak.