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Unbolt   Listen
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Unbolt  v. t.  To remove a bolt from; to unfasten; to unbar; to open. "He shall unbolt the gates."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Unbolt" Quotes from Famous Books



... continued huskily. "But when the wife came to the head of the stairs and whispered to me: 'There it is again. What in heaven's name can it be'—I started to unbolt the door. The knocking had stopped. Everything was very still. I heard Mary—HIS widow—sobbing, upstairs; that was all. I opened the door, a little bit at ...
— The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu • Sax Rohmer

... discharge, disenthrall, disenthral, dismiss; let go, let loose, loose, let out, let slip; cast adrift, turn adrift; deliver &c 672; absolve &c (acquit) 970. unfetter &c 751, untie &c 43; loose &c (disjoin) 44; loosen, relax; unbolt, unbar, unclose, uncork, unclog, unhand, unbind, unchain, unharness, unleash; disengage, disentangle; clear, extricate, unloose. gain one's liberty, obtain one's liberty, acquire one's liberty &c 748; get rid of, get clear of; deliver oneself from; shake ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

... at him, and for the first time smiled. He handed back the weapon, signed to his men to unbolt the door, which they did, ...
— The Sword Maker • Robert Barr

... made her more so. They won't tell you anything if they can help it—girls like that—and I didn't try to make her tell. I gave her something to quiet her and stayed with her until she was asleep, but when I went in the room this morning she was gone. Bettina said she heard some one unbolt the door very softly, but she ...
— People Like That • Kate Langley Bosher

... silence except for the movements of the men, and the low hum of their voices. She wondered what had become of Owen, but she did not dare unbolt the door for fear that Dale might be waiting on the other side of it. So, in the grip of a nameless terror she leaned against the door ...
— Square Deal Sanderson • Charles Alden Seltzer

... make me a happy man," answered Ramiro. "Allow me to unbolt the door, I hear our hosts. Worthy Simon and Vrouw, I make you parties to a solemn and joyful celebration. This young man is my son, and in token of my fatherly love, which he has been pleased to desire, I now take him in my arms and embrace him ...
— Lysbeth - A Tale Of The Dutch • H. Rider Haggard

... and barred, dashing afterwards to the window to do the like with it. Luckily it was already fastened, and I was hastily drawing the shutters over it, when Vetch, his face livid with passion, came up to it, drove his pistol through the glass, and threatened to shoot me if I did not instantly unbolt ...
— Humphrey Bold - A Story of the Times of Benbow • Herbert Strang

... door, and was fumbling with the lock, the third man flung himself upon me, determined that I should not escape. With great good fortune, however, I managed to unbolt the door, and after a desperate struggle, in which he endeavoured to wrest the weapon from my hand, I succeeded at last in gripping him by the throat, and after nearly strangling him flung him to the ground and escaped into the ...
— The Seven Secrets • William Le Queux

... element it is simply necessary to unbolt the connectors, remove the glass cover and hold-down and ...
— The Automobile Storage Battery - Its Care And Repair • O. A. Witte



Words linked to "Unbolt" :   bolt, open, undo, open up



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