• 1. a bar that can be slid into a socket to lock a door, gate, etc
• 2. a bar or rod that forms part of a locking mechanism and is moved by a key or a knob
• 3. a metal rod or pin that has a head at one end and a screw thread at the other to take a nut
• 4. a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects the empty cartridge, replaces it with a new one, and closes the breech
• 5. a flash of lightning
• 6. a sudden start or movement, esp in order to escape
• 7. a sudden desertion, esp from a political...

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• 1. to pass (flour, a powder, etc) through a sieve
• 2. to examine and separate
• 3. C13: from Old French bulter , probably of Germanic origin; compare Old High German b u til bag

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• Bolt Robert ( Oxton ) 1924 1995 M British WRITING: playwright FILMS AND TV: writer Robert ( Oxton ). 1924--95, British playwright. His plays include A Man for All Seasons (1960) and he also wrote a number of screenplays

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