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Rethoricians: He hath so boulted oute the paynefull rules of the gramarians.
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes Richard Sherry
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Fr. _pain rouffet_, Cheat, or boulted bread; houshold bread made of
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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And he boulted with quick pace from the Shannon shore.
Ballads William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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I have shut an 'boulted the door an' by Him that made me, you'll never lave this house, nor go out of that door a livin 'woman, unless you tell me all you know about that Tobaccy-Box.
The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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Well, my dear, on he went till he was almost within grip of her, cock-sure that he had nothing more to do than slip the bridle over her neck and secure her; but he made a bit of a mistake in his reckoning, for though she smelt and snoaked about him, just as if she didn't care a feed of oats whether he caught her or not, yet when he boulted over to hould her fast, she was off like a shot with her tail cocked, to the far end of the demesne, and Jack had to set off hot foot after here.
The Ned M'Keown Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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Besides march-pain or pain-main, and pain-puff, two sorts baked on special occasions, and rather entering into the class of confectionery, our better-to-do ancestors usually employed three descriptions of bread: manchete for the master’s table, made of fine boulted flour; chete, of unboulted flour, but not mixed with any coarser ingredient; and brown-bread, composed of flour and rye meal, and known as maslin (mystelon).
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"Well, wan day I opened the sty door, an 'out he boulted and away and beyant, over hill and hollo he goes till he gets to the edge of the cliff overlookin' the say, and there he meets a billy-goat, and he and the billy-goat has a division of opinion.
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"When the quarter of wheat is sold for a shilling, then the wastell, well boulted and clean, shall weigh six pounds sixteen shillings.
Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc James Anthony Froude 1856
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Sure whin Twenty-five comes, we'll have our own agin: the right will overcome the might -- the bottomless pit will be locked -- ay, double: boulted, if St. Pettier gets the kays, for he's the very boy that will accommodate the heretics wid a warm corner; an 'yit, faith, there's: many o' thim that myself 'ud put in a good word for, affcher all. "
The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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"There's some thraicherous villin in the Bodagh's," said she, "be it man or woman; for what 'id you think but the hall-door was left lying to only -- neither locked nor boulted.
Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831
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