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Unbarricade :: Unbarricade (v. t.) To unbolt; to unbar; to open.

Rivet :: Rivet (v. t.) To spread out the end or point of, as of a metallic pin, rod, or bolt, by beating or pressing, so as to form a sort of head..

String :: String (n.) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it..

Matrass :: Matrass (n.) A round-bottomed glass flask having a long neck; a bolthead.

Bolt :: Bolt (n.) A strong pin, of iron or other material, used to fasten or hold something in place, often having a head at one end and screw thread cut upon the other end..

Clinch :: Clinch (n.) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts..

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

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

Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain..

Thimble :: Thimble (n.) A tubular piece, generally a strut, through which a bolt or pin passes..

Hackbolt :: Hackbolt (n.) The greater shearwater or hagdon. See Hagdon.

Stud :: Stud (n.) A stud bolt.

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..

Langrel :: Langrel (n.) A kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging. It consisted of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together or inclosed in a canister..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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