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Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To tear off the thread from (a bolt or nut); as, the bolt is stripped..

Key :: Key (n.) An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place..

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

Countersunk :: Countersunk (p. p. & a.) Sunk into a chamfer; as, a countersunk bolt..

Cropper :: Cropper (n.) A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth..

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

Ribband :: Ribband (n.) A long, narrow strip of timber bent and bolted longitudinally to the ribs of a vessel, to hold them in position, and give rigidity to the framework..

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging..

Baybolt :: Baybolt (n.) A bolt with a barbed shank.

Strip :: Strip (v. i.) To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut. See Strip, v. t., 8..

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

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..

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

Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or a caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.

Garble :: Garble (v. t.) To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices..

Selvedge :: Selvedge (n.) The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes..

Wringstaff :: Wringstaff (n.) A strong piece of plank used in applying wringbolts.

Mugwump :: Mugwump (n.) A bolter from the Republican party in the national election of 1884; an Independent.

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

Drawbore :: Drawbore (n.) A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against which the shoulder is to rest, so that a pin or bolt, when driven into it, will draw these parts together..

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