bolt

fe’l verb

1. To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt. Bolt the vice to the bench.
2. To secure a door by locking or barring it. Bolt the door.
3. To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly. Seeing the snake, the horse bolted.
4. To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted). to bolt a rabbit

ot noun

1. A sudden event, action or emotion. The problem's solution struck him like a bolt from the blue.
2. A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth. 24 March 1774 - Newspaper: Stamford Mercury - "Mr. Cole, Basket-maker...has lost near 300 boults of rods" https//www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000254/17740324/001/0001
3. A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside. The horse made a bolt.
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.

ravish adverb

1. Suddenly; straight; unbendingly. The soldiers stood bolt upright for inspection.