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A bolter or bolting cloth; also, bran. [Obs.]

Same as Bolty.

having on the nose two very small barbels, and a larger one on the chin. [Written also burbolt.]

solid or hollow, made for cannon. Elongated and cylindrical missiles are sometimes called bolts; hollow ones charged with explosives are properly called shells. -- Cannon bullet, a cannon ball. [Obs.] -- Cannon cracker, a fire cracker of large size. -- Cannon lock, a device for firing a cannon by a percussion primer.…

To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.

Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted window. Canted column (Arch.), a column polygonal in plan.

med at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side.

To take hold; as, the bolt does not catch.

Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.

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. Channel bar, Channel iron (Arch.), an iron bar or beam having a section resembling a flat gutter or channel. -- Channel bill (Zoöl.), a very large Australian cucko (Scythro…

Wheat, or bread made from wheat. [Obs.] Drayton. Their purest cheat, Thrice bolted, kneaded, and subdued in paste. Chapman.

A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the mainsail.

ay 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.

To more with the sound of a click. She clicked back the bolt which held the window sash. Thackeray.

a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.

An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.

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

ound the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw.

Sunk into a chamfer; as, a countersunk bolt.

her the ends of two shafts, so that they may revolve together. -- Coupling pin, a pin or bolt used in coupling or joining together railroad cars, etc.