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Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc..

Unbolt :: Unbolt (v. i.) To explain or unfold a matter; to make a revelation.

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

Mainpin :: Mainpin (n.) A kingbolt.

Bolter :: Bolter (n.) A kind of fishing line. See Boulter.

Lug :: Lug (n.) A projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key, bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc..

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..

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

Gate :: Gate (n.) In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into..

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.

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..

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

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

Blood-boltered :: Blood-boltered (a.) Having the hair matted with clotted blood.

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..

Pin :: Pin (n.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal..

Middlings :: Middlings (n. pl.) A combination of the coarser parts of ground wheat the finest bran, separated from the fine flour and coarse bran in bolting; -- formerly regarded as valuable only for feed; but now, after separation of the bran, used for making the best quality of flour. Middlings contain a large proportion of gluten..

Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means..

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..

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