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Dogbolt :: Dogbolt (n.) The bolt of the cap-square over the trunnion of a cannon.

Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt..

Searce :: Searce (v. t.) To sift; to bolt.

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..

Bolt :: Bolt (n.) An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.

Kingbolt :: Kingbolt (n.) A vertical iron bolt, by which the forward axle and wheels of a vehicle or the trucks of a railroad car are connected with the other parts..

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..

Fish :: Fish (v. t.) To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to the beam, mast, or timbers, lengthwise on one or both sides. See Fish joint, under Fish, n..

Fastening :: Fastening (n.) Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc..

Dragbolt :: Dragbolt (n.) A coupling pin. See under Coupling.

Dread-bolted :: Dread-bolted (a.) Armed with dreaded bolts.

Lug :: Lug (n.) A projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key, bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc..

Canted :: Canted (a.) Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted window..

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

Range :: Range (v.) A bolting sieve to sift meal.

Spur :: Spur (n.) A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side..

Bibbs :: Bibbs (n. pl.) Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast to support the trestletrees.

Setbolt :: Setbolt (n.) A bolt used for forcing another bolt out of its hole.

Boltrope :: Boltrope (n.) A rope stitched to the edges of a sail to strengthen the sail.

Searcer :: Searcer (n.) One who sifts or bolts.

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