bolt is described by R. Holme as being properly
“an arrow with a round or half-round bobb at the end of it,
with a sharp-pointed arrow-head proceeding therefrom”
(Nares's Gloss.,
—where see more concerning it); but it is used to signify an arrow in general:
“where the bolt of Cupid fell,”
A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM, ii. 1.
165
;
“fool's bolt,”
AS YOU LIKE IT, v. 4. 61
; HENRY V., iii. 7.
119;
“a bolt of nothing,”
CYMBELINE, iv. 2. 301.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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