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<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Saddlery)</fld> <def>A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Anything used to prevent chafing.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.</def>

<p><b>10.</b> <fld>(Cutlery)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>That part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end of the handle.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.</def>

<i>G. Francis.</i>

<p><b>11.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.</def>

<i>G. Francis.</i>

<p><b>12.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.</def> <note>[See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Gun carriage</er>.]</note>

<cs><col>Bolster work</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>members which are bellied or curved outward like cushions, as in friezes of certain classical styles.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bolster</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Bol"ster</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bolstered</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n</tt>. <er>Bolstering</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To support with a bolster or pillow.</def>

<i>S. Sharp.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; -- often with <i>up</i>.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>bolster</b> baseness. <i>Drayton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Shoddy inventions designed to <b>bolster</b> up a factitious pride. <i>Compton Reade.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bolstered</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Bol"stered</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Supported; upheld.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Swelled out.</def>

<h1>Bolsterer</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Bol"ster*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A supporter.</def>

<h1>Bolt</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Bolt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>bolt</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>bolti</ets>, Dan. <ets>bolt</ets>, D. <ets>bout</ets>, OHG. <ets>bolz</ets>, G. <ets>bolz</ets>, <ets>bolzen</ets>; of uncertain origin.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resembles an arrow; a dart.</def>

<blockquote>Look that the crossbowmen lack not <b>bolts</b>. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A fool's <b>bolt</b> is soon shot. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Lightning; a thunderbolt.</def>