chain-bolt

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• Bolt

  ·noun A bundle, as of oziers. II. Bolt ·noun Lightning; a thunderbolt. III. Bolt ·vi To strike or ...

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• bolt

  A blunt arrow. to bolt To run suddenly out of one's house, or hiding place, through fear; a term b...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• to bolt

  To swallow food without chewing.--Forby. Often my dame and I at home Eat rav'nously of honey comb; ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bolt

  A cylindrical pin of iron or copper to unite the different parts of a vessel, varied in form accordi...

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• Chain

  ·noun The warp threads of a web. II. Chain ·vt To measure with the chain. III. Chain ·vt To unite ...

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• Chain

  1) A part of the insignia of office. A chain of gold was placed about Joseph's neck (Gen. 41:42); an...

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• chain

  When mountains, hills, lakes, and islands are linked together, or follow each other in succession, s...

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• Chain

  Chains were used, • As badges of office; • For ornament; • For confining prisoners. • the gold c...

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• Wrain-bolt

  ·noun ·same·as <<Wringbolt>>. ...

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• Bolt Court

  North out of Fleet Street at No.151 to Gough Square (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without. F...

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• bolt upright

  As erect, or straight up, as an arrow set on its end. ...

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• bolt-upright

  Perfectly upright.--Johnson. Used alike in England and the United States. As I stood bolt-upright u...

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• pease- bolt

  pease-straw. Ess. ...

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• bed-bolt

  A horizontal bolt passing through both brackets of a gun-carriage near their centres, and on which t...

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• bird-bolt

  A species of arrow, short and thick, used to kill birds without piercing their skins. ...

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• bolt-boat

  An old term for a boat which makes good weather in a rough sea. ...

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• bolt-rope

  A rope sewed all round the edge of the sail, to prevent the canvas from tearing. The bottom part of ...

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• bolt-sprit

  See bowsprit. ...

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• bolt-strake

  Certain strakes of plank which the beam fastenings pass through. ...

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• bolt-toe

  The cock of a gun-lock. ...

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• breeching-bolt

  Applies to the above. ...

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• butt-bolt

  See butt-shaft ...

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• dog-bolt

  A cap square bolt. ...

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• dump-bolt

  A short bolt driven in to the plank and timber as a partial security previous to the thorough fasten...

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• ring-bolt

  An iron bolt with an eye at one end, wherein is fitted a circular ring. They are more particularly u...

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• starting-bolt

  , or drift-bolt. A bolt used to drive out another; it is usually a trifle smaller. ...

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• toggle-bolt

  This bolt is used to confine the ensign-staff, and the like, into its place by means of a strap; it ...

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• wrain-bolt

  A ring-bolt with two or more forelock-holes in it, occasionally to belay or make fast towards the mi...

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• Block chain

  ·add. ·- A chain in which the alternate links are broad blocks connected by thin side links pivoted ...

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• Brequet chain

  ·- A watch-guard. ...

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• Chain pump

  ·- A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dip...

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• Chain stitch

  ·- An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain; — used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery. I...

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• Chain tie

  ·add. ·- A tie consisting of a series of connected iron bars or rods. ...

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• Chain wheel

  ·- A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel. II. Chain wheel ·- An inversion of the chain pump, by which i...

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• Crotch chain

  ·add. ·- A form of tackle for loading a log sideways on a sled, skidway, ·etc. ...

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• Gunter's chain

  ·- The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. ·see <<Chain>>, ·noun, 4, and Gunter's scale. ...

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• Safety chain

  ·add. ·- A normally slack chain for preventing excessive movement between a truck and a car body in ...

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• Sheet chain

  ·- A chain sheet cable. ...

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• Top-chain

  ·noun A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the rope...

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• Paul's Chain

  North out of Carter Lane to St. Paul's Churchyard. In Castle Baynard Ward (O.S.1880). First mention...

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• golden-chain

  n. another name for the Laburnum (q.v.). ...

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• chain-cables

  Are not new; Cæsar found them on the shores of the British Channel. In 1818 I saw upwards of eighty ...

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• chain-hook

  An iron rod with a handling-eye at one end, and a hook at the other, for hauling the chain-cables ab...

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• chain-pipe

  An aperture through which a chain-cable passes from the chain-well to the deck above. ...

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• chain-plates

  Plates of iron with their lower ends bolted to the ship's sides under the channels, and to these pla...

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• chain-pump

  This is composed of two long metal tubes let down through the decks somewhat apart from each other, ...

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• chain-shot

  Two balls connected either by a bar or chain, for cutting and destroying the spars and rigging of an...

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• chain-slings

  Chains attached to the sling-hoop and mast-head, by which a lower yard is hung. Used for boat or any...

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• chain-stopper

  There are various kinds of stoppers for chain-cables, mostly acting by clamping or compression. ...

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• chain, top

  A chain to sling the lower yards in time of battle, to prevent them from falling down when the ropes...

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• chain-well

  , or locker A receptacle below deck for containing the chain-cable, which is passed thither throug...

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• top-chain

  A chain to sling the yards in time of battle, in case of the ropes by which they are hung being shot...

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• bolt of canvas

  The piece or roll of 39 yards in which it is supplied, but which usually measure about 40 yards in l...

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• Side-chain theory

  ·add. ·- A theory proposed by Ehrlich as a chemical explanation of immunity phenomena. In brief outl...

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• chain-cable compressor

  A curved arm of iron which revolves on a bolt through an eye at one end, at the other is a larger ey...

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• chain-cable controller

  A contrivance for the prevention of one part of the chain riding on another while heaving in. ...

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• chain-cable shackles

  Used for coupling the parts of a chain-cable at various lengths, so that they may be disconnected wh...

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• short-linked chain

  A cable without studs, and therefore with shorter links than those of stud-chains; such are slings a...

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• Bolt and Tun Alley

  1) West out of Fetter Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677). Site now occupied by offic...

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• Bolt and Tun Inn

  At the southern end of Bolt and Tun Court at No.64, Fleet Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and...

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• midshipman's watch and chain

  A sheep's heart and pluck. ...

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• watch, chain, and seals

  A sheep's head And pluck. ...

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• testing a chain-cable

  Trying its strength by the hydraulic machine, which strains it beyond what it is likely to undergo w...

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• The Bolt and Tunne, Friday Street

  See Blue Boar Court. ...

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• Bolt in Tun Court, Yard

  South out of Fleet Street at No.64, between Whitefriars Street and Bouverie Street (L.C.C. List, 191...

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• Chain Alley, Cooper's Row, Aldgate

  See Gould Square. ...

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• Bolt and Tun Court, Fleet Street

  See Bolt in Tun Court, Yard. ...

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• fore-ganger of the chain bower cables

  Is a length of 15 fathoms of stouter chain, in consequence of greater wear and tear near the anchor,...

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