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Deadlatch :: Deadlatch (n.) A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key..

Footrope :: Footrope (n.) That part of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed.

Snipebill :: Snipebill (n.) A bolt by which the body of a cart is fastened to the axle.

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..

Searce :: Searce (v. t.) To sift; to bolt.

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

Drift :: Drift (n.) The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven..

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..

Thunderbolt :: Thunderbolt (n.) A belemnite, or thunderstone..

Cleat :: Cleat (n.) A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be readily released. It is bolted by the middle to a deck or mast, etc., or it may be lashed to a rope..

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..

Canted :: Canted (a.) Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted window..

Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) A sudden flight, as to escape creditors..

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

Buolt :: Buolt (n.) Corrupted form Bolt.

Bolter :: Bolter (n.) One who sifts flour or meal.

Bit :: Bit (v.) The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.

Wringstaff :: Wringstaff (n.) A strong piece of plank used in applying wringbolts.

Double-lock :: Double-lock (v. t.) To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security.

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

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