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

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

Range :: Range (v.) A bolting sieve to sift meal.

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

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..

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

Spar :: Spar (v. t.) To bolt; to bar.

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

Sprigged :: Sprig (n.) A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.

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

Selvedge :: Selvedge (n.) The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes..

Stem-winder :: Stemson (n.) A piece of curved timber bolted to the stem, keelson, and apron in a ship's frame near the bow..

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

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..

Channel :: Channel (n.) Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks..

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.

Bilbo :: Bilbo (n.) A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on board of ships..

Setbolt :: Setbolt (n.) A bolt used for forcing another bolt out of its hole.

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..

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

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