Vocabulary : Bolsterer to Boltrope

Bolsterer : A supporter.
Bolstering : of Bolster
Bolt : 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. ;; Lightning; a thunderbolt. ;; 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. ;; A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key. ;; An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter. ;; A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards. ;; A bundle, as of oziers. ;; To shoot; to discharge or drive forth. ;; To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out. ;; To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food. ;; 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. ;; To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc
Bolted : of Bolt ;; of Bolt
Boltel : See Boultel.
Bolter : One who bolts; esp.: (a) A horse which starts suddenly aside. (b) A man who breaks away from his party. ;; One who sifts flour or meal. ;; An instrument or machine for separating bran from flour, or the coarser part of meal from the finer; a sieve. ;; A kind of fishing line. See Boulter.
Bolthead : A long, straight-necked, glass vessel for chemical distillations; -- called also a matrass or receiver. ;; The head of a bolt.
Bolting : of Bolt ;; of Bolt ;; A darting away; a starting off or aside. ;; A sifting, as of flour or meal. ;; A private arguing of cases for practice by students, as in the Inns of Court.
Boltonite : A granular mineral of a grayish or yellowish color, found in Bolton, Massachusetts. It is a silicate of magnesium, belonging to the chrysolite family.
Boltrope : A rope stitched to the edges of a sail to strengthen the sail.
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