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Searcer :: Searcer (n.) One who sifts or bolts.

Breeching :: Breeching (n.) A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged..

Vireton :: Vireton (n.) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow having feathers or brass placed at an angle with the shaft to make it spin in flying.

Bolted :: Bolted (imp. & p. p.) of Bol.

Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt..

Latch :: Latch (n.) A movable piece which holds anything in place by entering a notch or cavity; specifically, the catch which holds a door or gate when closed, though it be not bolted..

Setbolt :: Setbolt (n.) An iron pin, or bolt, for fitting planks closely together..

Tubbing :: Tubbing (n.) A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine; especially, a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to enable those who sink a shaft to penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with safety..

Bolting :: Bolting (n.) A private arguing of cases for practice by students, as in the Inns of Court..

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..

Cant :: Cant (v. t.) To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt..

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

Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out..

Bibbs :: Bibbs (n. pl.) Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast to support the trestletrees.

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

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

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.

Bolted :: Bolted (imp. & p. p.) of Bol.

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

Boltrope :: Boltrope (n.) A rope stitched to the edges of a sail to strengthen the sail.

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