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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, 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 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) 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.

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