unbolted

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unbolted

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of unbolt

adjective

  1. not comparable Not fastened with a bolt. […] it seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrained, because writers may afterwards be censured, than it would be to sleep with doors unbolted, because by our laws we can hang a thief.
  2. not comparable Not sifted. unbolted flour
  3. figuratively, not comparable, obsolete Coarse, uncultured, vulgar. My lord, if you’ll give me leave, I will tread this unbolted villain into mortar and daub the walls of a jakes with him.

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adj not fastened

Ελληνικάαμαντάλωτος amantálotos

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@misc{unbolted_2026,
  title = {unbolted},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unbolted},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}