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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..

Bolt :: Bolt (n.) Lightning; a thunderbolt.

Birdbolt :: Birdbolt (n.) Anything which smites without penetrating.

Bolt :: Bolt (adv.) In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.

Bolthead :: Bolthead (n.) The head of a bolt.

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

Spider :: Spider (n.) A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc..

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.

Table :: Table (v. t.) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the boltrope.

Catch :: Catch (v. i.) To take hold; as, the bolt does not catch..

Talon :: Talon (n.) The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.

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..

Unbarricade :: Unbarricade (v. t.) To unbolt; to unbar; to open.

Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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