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blot

blot

noun

  1. (backgammon) An exposed piece in backgammon.
  2. (biochemistry) A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.
  3. (by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.
  4. A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.

verb

  1. (intransitive) to soak up or absorb liquid.
  2. (transitive) To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
  3. (transitive) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
  4. (transitive) To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.
  5. (transitive) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
  6. (transitive) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
  7. (transitive) To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
  8. (transitive) to cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.

bolt

bolt

adv

  1. Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.

noun

  1. (US, politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
  2. (military, mechanical engineering) A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
  3. (nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
  4. A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
  5. A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
  6. A burst of speed or efficiency.
  7. A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
  8. A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
  9. A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
  10. A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
  11. A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
  12. A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).
  13. A sudden event, action or emotion.
  14. A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
  15. A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
  16. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.

verb

  1. (US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
  2. (intransitive) To escape.
  3. (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.
  4. (intransitive, botany, of lettuce, spinach, garlic, onion, etc) To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.
  5. (law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
  6. (transitive) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
  7. To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
  8. To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
  9. To secure a door by locking or barring it.
  10. To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
  11. To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
  12. To sift, especially through a cloth.
  13. To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
  14. To swallow food without chewing it.
  15. To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.

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