channel-bolts

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• Channel

  ·noun A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column. II. Channel ·vt To course through or over, as in a...

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• Channel

  1) The bed of the sea or of a river (Ps. 18:15; Isa. 8:7). 2) The "chanelbone" (Job 31:22 marg.), p...

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• channel

  In hydrography, the fair-way, or deepest part of a river, harbour, or strait, which is most convenie...

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• channel-bill

  n. name given to a birdresembling a large cuckoo, Scythrops novae-hollandiae,Lath. See Scythrops. ...

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• channel-gropers

  The home-station ships cruising in the Channel; usually small vessels to watch the coast in former t...

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• channel-groping

  The carrying despatches, and cruising from port to port in soundings. ...

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• channel-plates

  See chain-plates. ...

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• channel-wales

  Strakes worked between the gun-deck and the upper deck ports of large ships. Also, the outside plank...

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• mid-channel

  Implies half way across any river, channel, &c. ...

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• barb-bolts

  Those which have their points jagged or barbed to make them hold securely, where those commonly in u...

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• beggar-bolts

  A contemptuous term for the missiles which were thrown by the galley-slaves at an approaching enemy....

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• clenched bolts

  Those fastened by means of a ring, or an iron plate, with a rivetting hammer at the end where they p...

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• copper-bolts

  See copper-fastened. ...

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• devil-bolts

  Those with false clenches, often introduced into contract-built ships. ...

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• drift-bolts

  Commonly made of steel, are used as long punches for driving out other bolts. ...

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• eye-bolts

  Those which have an eye or opening in one end, for hooking tackles to, or fastening ropes. ...

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• fender bolts

  See fendII ...

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• forelock-bolts

  Those with an eye, into which an iron forelock is driven to retain them in place. When secured in th...

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• hook-bolts

  Those used to secure lower-deck ports. ...

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• prise-bolts

  Knobs of iron on the cheeks of a gun-carriage to keep the handspike from slipping when prising up th...

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• pump-bolts

  Saucer-headed bolts to attach the brake to the pump-standard and pump-spear. ...

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• rag-bolts

  Those which are jagged or barbed, to prevent working in their holes, and to make them hold more secu...

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• set-bolts

  Used in drifting out bolts from their position. Also employed for forcing the planks and other works...

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• throat-bolts

  Eye-bolts fixed in the lower part of tops, and the jaw-ends of gaffs, for hooking the throat-halliar...

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• saucer-headed bolts

  Those with very flat heads. ...

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