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Copper-fastened :: Copper-fastened (a.) Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship..

Headrope :: Headrope (n.) That part of a boltrope which is sewed to the upper edge or head of a sail.

Bolter :: Bolter (n.) An instrument or machine for separating bran from flour, or the coarser part of meal from the finer; a sieve..

Catch :: Catch (v. i.) To take hold; as, the bolt does not catch..

Spider :: Spider (n.) A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc..

Sea Pear :: Sea pear () A pedunculated ascidian of the genus Boltonia.

Sprigged :: Sprig (n.) A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.

Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.

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

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.

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..

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..

Meal :: Meal (n.) Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse..

Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) A sudden flight, as to escape creditors..

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..

Footrope :: Footrope (n.) That part of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed.

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

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

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

Bran :: Bran (n.) The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain..

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