Verb (used with object) : He unscrewed the nuts and unbolted the inspection cover. From Dictionary.com.
He unbolted the pig-shed door, and they looked in. From Wordnik.com. [Presumption of Death]
Joseph, upon proper notice, will leave it unbolted. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
Our provisions consisted of unbolted flour and salt. From Wordnik.com. [Reminiscences of a Pioneer] Reference
In another minute I had unbolted the door of Madame de. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851] Reference
Finally he rolled out of bed and unbolted the shutters. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
At this, she slid back the chain and unbolted the door. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Man on the Bench]
That was Leland's argument in court that it was unbolted. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Should There Be a Retrial in the 'Stop Sign Murder' Case? - March 15, 2001] Reference
Our bread was made of unbolted corn, and was cold and clammy. From Wordnik.com. [The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer] Reference
Struan walked Wearily out of the house and unbolted the door. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
Insist on having coarse bread; let it be made of unbolted meal. From Wordnik.com. [Minnesota; Its Character and Climate Likewise Sketches of Other Resorts Favorable to Invalids; Together With Copious Notes on Health; Also Hints to Tourists and Emigrants.] Reference
You must have left the door unbolted, how else could he get out?. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Eyton Forest]
"I didn't know we had left any of them unbolted," Mrs. Brown said. From Wordnik.com. [Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South] Reference
Sean got up, the tears streaking his makeup, and unbolted the door. From Wordnik.com. [King Rat]
He unbolted the door, looked in the dark room beyond, and listened. From Wordnik.com. [The Room in the Dragon Volant] Reference
Two floors below, Lo Chum put down the lantern and unbolted the door. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
Something more was said outside, Grandfather hastily unbolted the door. From Wordnik.com. [Some Three Hundred Years Ago] Reference
No need to tell the boys that, for the front door was unbolted, and Major. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dale's Queer Holidays] Reference
Feeling easier, Sulla opened up the window shutters and unbolted his door. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
Garron, hearing a sharp cry without, rose abruptly and unbolted his barrier. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
He got into his coat, unbolted the door, and plunged into the purifying night. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories for English Courses] Reference
'I did not leave it unbolted,' she repeated, but with less certainty this time. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Eyton Forest]
As soon as these Games are over, the whole thing will be unbolted and trucked away. From Wordnik.com. [Olympic Baseball's Two-Week Wake] Reference
Literally seeing equipment unbolted from the floors of factories and shipped to China. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 22, 2008] Reference
"I feel half-inclined to leave it unlocked and unbolted to-night and risk the consequences.". From Wordnik.com. [Bandit Love] Reference
She unbolted the door of the game room as Wing, the keeper, drove the cart over the cobbles. From Wordnik.com. [A Haunted House, and other short stories] Reference
The pendulum crusher can be easily unbolted and transported on a small truck to another site. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
Sharpe unbolted it, hauled it up, and the innkeeper's wife pushed a great tin bath towards him. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Honour]
Irritably she unbolted the door and went to the basin and turned on the water but none came out. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
He peered through one of the cracks, then cautiously opened the window and unbolted the shutters. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
He tucked the big bottle of white powder under his left arm and cautiously unbolted and opened the door. From Wordnik.com. [The Judas Valley] Reference
He pushed open the unbolted door with the grass grown up to the very sill, and set the boxes and trunk inside. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
Another moment and he heard the door opposite unbolted, and a perturbed but angry voice rose outside his door. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
He went downstairs with a shudder, craving stars and darkness, unbolted the front door and went out upon the porch. From Wordnik.com. [Kenny] Reference
"I may let in this honest woman," thought Snow-White; and she unbolted the door and bargained for one pair of stays. From Wordnik.com. [Favorite Fairy Tales] Reference
Delighted with the discovery, they scrambled in, and making their way up the steps found the door at the top unbolted. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters] Reference
She unbolted and unchained the street door, and hurried straight across to number two hundred, where she rang peal after peal. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
This expensive, but most necessary process, prevents indigestion and bowel troubles which accompany the use of unbolted, uncooked meals. From Wordnik.com. [Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry] Reference
Its adherents were variously denominated as Grahamites, and, from the fact of their using bread made of unbolted wheat-meal, bran-eaters. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866] Reference
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