BOLT  , an O . Eng. word (compare Ger . Bolz, an arrow), for a " See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel" or See also:

• CROSS

cross-See also:

• BOW (pronounced " bo ")

bow See also:

• SHAFT
• SHAFT (O. Eng., sceaft, from scafan, to shave; the word is common to Teutonic languages)

shaft, or the See also:

• PIN (a doublet with " pen " from Lat. pinna, feather, pinnacle, which is said to contain the same root as irirvs, pine tree, and properly to mean a sharp point or end)

pin which fastened a See also:

• DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door . From the See also:

• SWIFT
• SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667—1745)

swift See also:

• FLIGHT

flight of an arrow comes the verb " to bolt," as applied to a See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, &c., and such expressions as " bolt upright," meaning straight upright; also the See also:

• AMERICAN

American use of " bolt" for refusing to support a See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate nominated by one's own party . In the sense of a straight pin for a fastening, the word has come to mean various sorts of appliances . From the sense of " fastening together " is derived the use of the word " bolt " as a definite length (in a See also:

• ROLL (O. Fr. rolle, roulle, mod. role, Lat. rotulus, dim. of rota, wheel)
• ROLL, ALFRED PHILIPPE (1846– )

roll) of a fabric (40 ft. of See also:

• CANVAS

canvas, &c.) . From another " bolt " or " boult," to sift (through O . Fr. buleter, from the Med .