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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..

Drawbolt :: Drawbolt (n.) A coupling pin. See under Coupling.

Boltsprit :: Boltsprit (n.) See Bowsprit.

Bibbs :: Bibbs (n. pl.) Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast to support the trestletrees.

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

Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) To start forth like a bolt or arrow; to spring abruptly; to come or go suddenly; to dart; as, to bolt out of the room..

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

Wale :: Wale (n.) A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.

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

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..

Bultel :: Bultel (n.) A bolter or bolting cloth; also, bran..

Hutch :: Hutch (n.) The case of a flour bolt.

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

Stud :: Stud (n.) A stud bolt.

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

Bolting :: Bolting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bol.

Spanner :: Spanner (n.) An iron instrument having a jaw to fit a nut or the head of a bolt, and used as a lever to turn it with; a wrench; specifically, a wrench for unscrewing or tightening the couplings of hose..

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

Garble :: Garble (v. t.) To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices..

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

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