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Wringbolt :: Wringbolt (n.) A bolt used by shipwrights, to bend and secure the planks against the timbers till they are fastened by bolts, spikes, or treenails; -- not to be confounded with ringbolt..

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.

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

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

Bolt :: Bolt (n.) A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter..

Thunder :: Thunder (n.) The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.

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

Shiver :: Shiver (n.) A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter..

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

Bolt :: Bolt (n.) A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resembles an arrow; a dart..

Transom :: Transom (n.) One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; -- called also transsummer..

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

Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted..

Rivet :: Rivet (n.) A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends..

Pumpernickel :: Pumpernickel (n.) A sort of bread, made of unbolted rye, which forms the chief food of the Westphalian peasants. It is acid but nourishing..

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

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging..

Bolting :: Bolting (n.) A sifting, as of flour or meal..

Slot :: Slot (n.) A bolt or bar for fastening a door.

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

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