BOLD-SHORE. A steep coast where the water, deepening rapidly, admits the near approach of shipping without the danger of grounding. BOLD-TO. Applied to land; the same as steep-to. BOLE. A small boat. BOLIDE. A name for aërolite (which see). BOLINE. _See_ BOWLINE. _Clavus in navi._ BOLLAN. The Manx or Gaelic term for the fish old-wife. BOLLARD. A thick piece of wood on the head of a whale-boat, round which the harpooner gives the line a turn, in order to veer it steadily, and check the animal's velocity. Also a strong timber fixed vertically into the ground, part being left above it, on which to fasten ropes. Also a lighter sort of dolphin for attaching vessels to. Wharves have bollards to which vessels are secured when alongside. BOLLARD-TIMBERS. Two pieces of oak, usually called knight-heads (which see). BOLLING OR BOWLING AWAY. Going with a free wind. BOLME. An old term for a waterman's pole or boom. BOLOTO. A small boat of the Philippines and Moluccas. BOLSTERS. Small cushions or bags of tarred canvas, used to preserve the stays from being chafed by the motion of the masts, when the ship pitches at sea. Pieces of soft wood covered with canvas, placed on the trestle-trees, for the eyes of the rigging to rest upon, and prevent a sharp nip. Also pieces of oak timber fayed to the curvature of the bow, under the hawse-holes, and down upon the upper cheek, to prevent the cable from rubbing against the cheeks.--_Bolsters_ for sheets, tacks, &c., are small pieces of fir or oak, fayed under the gunwale, or other part, with the outer surface rounded to prevent chafing.--_Bolsters_, for the anchor lining. Solid pieces of oak bolted to the ship's side at the fore part of the fore-chains on which the stanchions are fixed that receive the anchor lining.