bolt (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A missileII. A bar of iron, etc., esp. for securing doors1. pessŭlus2. ŏbex, ĭcis, m. and f.3. sĕra4. rĕpāgŭla, orumIII. In ship-building, etc. • bolt (subs.): I. A missile: q. v.: tēlum, fulmen. II. A bar of iron, etc., esp. for securing doors: 1. pessŭlus: I fasten the door with the b., pessulum ostio obdo, Ter. 2. ŏbex, ĭcis, m. and f.: Virg.: Tac.: v. barrier. 3. sĕra: Varr.: Ov.: Juv. 4. rĕpāgŭla, orum: Pl.: Cic. (Note.--All the above denote some kind of bar or bolt; the pessulus being, however, smaller than the others, and usually of iron. Obex and repagula are used also of other kinds of barriers; pessulus and sera only of door-fastenings.) III. In ship-building, etc.: clāvus: iron b.s, clavi ferrei, Caes.: v. nail, stud.
bolt (v.) Copy link Outline I. To fasten by a bolt, etc.1. obsĕro, 12. occlūdo, si, sum, 3II. To sift flourIII. To gulp down • bolt (v.): I. To fasten by a bolt, etc. 1. obsĕro, 1: to b. a door, ostium ob., Ter.; fores, Suet. 2. occlūdo, si, sum, 3: double b. the doors if you please, occlude, sis, fores ambobus pessulis, Pl.: v. to bar, lock. II. To sift flour: v. to sift. III. To gulp down: q. v.: obsorbeo: Hor.
BOLT Copy link • BOLT 1. materis or matara (Vid: Caes., B.G., 1, 26): sagitta (arrow). Thunder-bolt, fulmen. Bolt upright, plane rectus; directus. Bar, claustrum, pessulus, obex. 2. v. the door, pessulo januam claudere or oculudere, pessulum januae obdere. To bolt one out, aliquem excludere foras. To sift, cribrare, cribro cernere or succernere, succernere. Blurt out, projicere. INTR., erumpere, prorumpere.