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Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out..

Bolthead :: Bolthead (n.) The head of a bolt.

Countersink :: Countersink (v. t.) To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw..

Cant :: Cant (v. t.) To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt..

Thunderbolt :: Thunderbolt (n.) Something resembling lightning in suddenness and effectiveness.

Flour :: Flour (n.) The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, the fine and soft powder of any substance; as, flour of emery; flour of mustard..

Sterna :: Sternson (n.) The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted; -- called also stern knee..

Countersink :: Countersink (v. t.) To cause to sink even with or below the surface; as, to countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork..

Deadlatch :: Deadlatch (n.) A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key..

Middlings :: Middlings (n. pl.) A combination of the coarser parts of ground wheat the finest bran, separated from the fine flour and coarse bran in bolting; -- formerly regarded as valuable only for feed; but now, after separation of the bran, used for making the best quality of flour. Middlings contain a large proportion of gluten..

Bee :: Bee (n.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks..

Boltonite :: Boltonite (n.) A granular mineral of a grayish or yellowish color, found in Bolton, Massachusetts. It is a silicate of magnesium, belonging to the chrysolite family..

Iron-sick :: Iron-sick (a.) Having the ironwork loose or corroded; -- said of a ship when her bolts and nails are so eaten with rust that she has become leaky.

Washer :: Washer (n.) A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various purposes, as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for the head or nut, or around a wagon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc..

Wrain-bolt :: Wrain-bolt (n.) Same as Wringbolt.

Bolted :: Bolted (imp. & p. p.) of Bol.

Driftbolt :: Driftbolt (n.) A bolt for driving out other bolts.

Mainpin :: Mainpin (n.) A kingbolt.

Bolt :: Bolt (adv.) In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.

Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means..

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