burbolt

English

Noun

burbolt (plural burbolts)

1. Obsolete form of birdbolt.
   • 1621, John Ford, Thomas Dekker, William Rowley, The Witch of Edmonton:

     I saw a little devil fly out of her eye like a burbolt, which sticks at this hour up to the feathers in my heart

References

“burbolt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.