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Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.

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

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

Start :: Start (v. t.) To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate; as, to start a bone; the storm started the bolts in the vessel..

Drawbolt :: Drawbolt (n.) A coupling pin. See under Coupling.

Dogbolt :: Dogbolt (n.) The bolt of the cap-square over the trunnion of a cannon.

Deadlock :: Deadlock (n.) A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward..

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

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..

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

Ringbolt :: Ringbolt (n.) An eyebolt having a ring through the eye.

Wrain-bolt :: Wrain-bolt (n.) Same as Wringbolt.

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

Hutch :: Hutch (n.) The case of a flour bolt.

Drivebolt :: Drivebolt (n.) A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.

Chesstree :: Chesstree (n.) A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the mainsail..

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..

Keeper :: Keeper (n.) A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap..

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..

Bolting :: Bolting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bol.

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