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

Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) To start forth like a bolt or arrow; to spring abruptly; to come or go suddenly; to dart; as, to bolt out of the room..

Bolt :: Bolt (n.) A bundle, as of oziers..

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

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..

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..

Double-lock :: Double-lock (v. t.) To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security.

Spar :: Spar (v. t.) To bolt; to bar.

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.

Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted..

Pawl :: Pawl (n.) A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel..

Bultel :: Bultel (n.) A bolter or bolting cloth; also, bran..

Heck :: Heck (n.) The bolt or latch of a door.

Birdbolt :: Birdbolt (n.) A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them.

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

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..

Wrench :: Wrench (v. t.) An instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either at the end or between the ends, for exerting a twisting strain, as in turning bolts, nuts, screw taps, etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc., of different sizes..

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

Bolter :: Bolter (n.) A kind of fishing line. See Boulter.

Bulti :: Bulti (n.) Same as Bolty.

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