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Talon :: Talon (n.) The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.

Bolt :: Bolt (n.) A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key..

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..

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

Flour :: Flour (v. t.) To grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, to flour wheat..

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

Bolting :: Bolting (n.) A sifting, as of flour or meal..

Thunderbolt :: Thunderbolt (n.) A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from the clouds to the earth..

Stem-winder :: Stemson (n.) A piece of curved timber bolted to the stem, keelson, and apron in a ship's frame near the bow..

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

Snipebill :: Snipebill (n.) A bolt by which the body of a cart is fastened to the axle.

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.

Unbolt :: Unbolt (v. i.) To explain or unfold a matter; to make a revelation.

Thunderstone :: Thunderstone (n.) A thunderbolt, -- formerly believed to be a stone..

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

Table :: Table (v. t.) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the boltrope.

Padlock :: Padlock (n.) A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, -- used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, etc..

Slot :: Slot (n.) A bolt or bar for fastening a door.

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

Controller :: Controller (n.) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged..

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