B O L 
following i i-. The Brazen Serpent, a large plate, from 
Rubens. Thofe impreflkms are the belt which have only 
the vyord Antuerpia at tire right-hand corner, without, the 
name of Giles Hendrix, which was afterwards inferted 
above it. The fame diftimftipn may be obferved of many 
ef his other plates, 2. Abraham offering his fon I fane, 
from Theodore Rombout. 3. The education of the Vir¬ 
gin by St. Anne, from Rubens. 4. The marriage of the 
Virgin, from the fame painter. 3. Theadorationoft.be 
wife men, from the fame. The belt impreflions of this 
plate have the name of Vanden Endcn. 6. The lead of 
Herod, in which is reprefented the daughter of Herodias 
p re fen ting the head of John the Baptift to her mother, 
from the fame. 7. The miraculous draught of fifhes, 
from the fame. 8. Chrift crowned with thorns ; from 
Vandyck: an admirable print ; with the name of Vanden 
Enden. 9. A crucifixion, where a figure appears prefent- 
ing the fponge to (Thrift, St. John and the Virgin are 
ftanding at the foot of the crofs, and Mary Magdalene is 
reclining towards it: from Vandyck. 10. The god Pan 
playing upon his flute, from Jordaens. n. Mercury and 
Argus, from the fame. 12.. A drunken Silenus, fup- 
ported by a fatyr,-from Rubens. 13.. A chafe of lions, 
from the fame. 14. A variety of excellent lundfeapes. 
BOLT,y! \boult, Dutch; / 3 <A 15, Gr.] An arrow ; a dart 
fiiot from a crofs-bow: 
Yet mark’d I where the bolt of Cupid fell; 
It fell upon a little weftern flower, 
Before milk-white, now purple with love’s wound. Shahf. 
Lightning ; a thunderbolt: 
Sing’d with the flames, and with the bolts transfix’d. 
With native earth your blood the monfters mix’d. Dryden. 
The bar of a door, fo called from being ftraight like an 
arrow. We now fay, [hoot the bolt, when we fpeak of faf- 
tening or opening a door. An iron to fatten the legs of a 
prifoner : this perhaps is corrupted from bought, or link.— 
Away with himtoprifon ; lay bolts enough upon him. Sit. 
Bolt upright, as upright as an arrow.—Brufli iron, 
native or from the mine, conlifteth of long flriae,. about 
the thicknefs of a fmall knitting needle, bolt upright , like 
the briftles of a (lift brufli. Grew. 
“ He has (hot his bolt.” He has faid what he has to 
fay, or lie has done his-worth 
“ A fool’s bolt is foon lhot,” Fr. Un fou a bientol dit 
fa pci fee. Ital. Un matto dice prtjlo quel die pen fa. Indifcreet 
perfons are generally too free in dilcovering their minds. 
BOLTS, f. in gunnery, are of feveral forts; as, 1. Tran- 
fum-bolts, that go between the cheeks of a gun-carriage, 
to flrengthen the t ran turns. 2. Prile-bolts ; the large knobs 
of iron on the cheeks of a carriage, which keep the hand- 
fpike from Aiding, when it is- polling up the breech of a 
piece. 3. Traverfe bolts; the two fliort bolts, that, be¬ 
ing put one in each end of a mortar carriage,, fer.ve to tra- 
verfe her. 4. Bracket-bolts ; the bolts that-go through 
the .cheeks of a. mortar, and by. the help of quoins keep 
her fixed at the given elevation. And, 5. Bed-bolts; the 
four bolts that fafien the brackets of a mortar to the bed. 
BOLTS, f. in.a (hip, are iron pins, of which there are 
feveral forts, according to their different forms and ufes. 
Such are drive-bolts,.11 fed to drive out others. Ray-bolts, 
with jags or barbs on each fide, to keep them from flying 
out of their places. Clench-bolts, which are clenched 
with meeting hammers. Forelock-bolts, which have at 
the end a forelock of iron-driven in to keep them from 
flarting back. Set-bolts, ufed for forcing the planks, and 
bringing them clofe together. Fender-bolts, made with 
long and thick heads, and (truck into the-uttermoft bends 
• of the fhip, to fave her Tides from bruifes. Arid ring-bolts, 
whereto are fattened the breeches and tackle of the guns. 
Bolt of Canvas ,f. in commerce, the quantity of 
twenty-eight ells. 
To BOLT, v. a. [from the noun.] To flmt or fallen 
with a bolt: 
B O L 1 5 9 
The bolted gates flew open at the blaft ; 
The ftorm rufli’d in, and Arcite flood aghaft. Dryden . 
To blurt out, or throw out precipitantly : 
1 hate when vice can bolt her arguments, 
And virtue has no tongue to check her pride. Milton. 
To fallen, as a bolt or pin ; to pin ; to keep together ; to 
fetter ; to (hackle : 
To do that thing that ends all other deeds, 
Which (hackles accidents, and bolts up change. Shakcf. 
To (iff, or feparate the parts of any thing with a fieve; 
\_luter, Fr.]—He had now boulted all the flour. Speufr. — 
To examine by lifting ; to try out; to lay open —The 
judge or jury, or parties, or the council, or attornies, pro¬ 
pounding quellions, beats and bolts out the truth much 
better than when the witnefs delivers only a formal feries. 
Hale. —To purify ; to purge. Thisishar/k; 
The fanned fnow, 
That’s bolted by the northern blaft twice o’er. Shakcf. 
To BOLT, v. n. To jump; to fpring out with 1 'peed 
and fuddennefs ; to ftart out with the quicknefs of an ar¬ 
row.—I have feen many fuccellions of men ; fome bolting 
out upon the ftage with vaft applaufe, and others biffed 
off. Dryden. 
BOLT-ROPE, f [from bolt and rope.'] The rope on 
which tlie fail of a (hip is feived and fafiened. 
BO'LTER,/. [from the verb.] A fieve to feparate 
meal from bran or hulk*; or to feparate finer from coarferi 
parts: 
When fupercilioufly lie lifts 
Through coar.feft bolter other gifts. Hudibras. 
A kind of net.-—Thefe hakes, and divers others of the 
fore-cited, are taken with threads, and fome of them with 
the bolter, which is a fpiller of a bigger fize. Carew. 
BOLT-HEAD,y. A long ftraight-necked glafs veffel,. 
for chemical di(filiations, called alio a mattraf, or receiver.. 
—This fpirit abounds in fait, which may be leparated, by 
putting the liquor into a bolthead with a long narrow neck. 
Boyle. 
BOLT-HEAD, a promontory of England, on the fouth 
coafl of the county of Devon : nineteen miles fouth-eaft of 
Plymouth. Lat. 50. 9. N. Ion. 3.. 47. W. Greenwich. 
BOLT'ING,_/i A. term ufed in the inns of court, fora 
private arguing of cafes. The manner of it is thus : A 
fenior, or bencher, with two barriflers, fit as judges ; 
three (Indents bring each a cafe, out of which the judges 
choofe one to be argued ; which done, the (Indents firft 
argue it, and after them the barriflers. It is inferior to 
mooting ; and may be derived from the Saxon word bolt, a* 
houfe, becaufe done privately in the houfe for inflruCtion. 
BOLT'lNG-HOUSE,y. The place where meal is fitt¬ 
ed.—The jade is returned as white, and as powdered, as 
if (be had been at work in a bolting-mill. Dennis . 
BOLT'ING-MILL, f. A verfatile engine for lifting 
with more eafe and expedition. The cloth round this is- 
called the bolter. 
BOL'TON (Robert), was born in Northamutonfliire,, 
about the year 1698, and received his education at Wad- 
ham college, Oxford, where, in June 1718, betook the 
degree of M. A. Being a valetudinarian, he found a col¬ 
lege-life not agreeable to his temper; and, beingpoflefled- 
of a filial 1 private fortune, he did not relide long at Ox¬ 
ford. In 1720 lie lived at Fulham, where his acquaintance- 
commenced with Mrs. Butler, w hich afterwards occafioned 
his being known to Mr. Pope; and he fometimes took up 
his abode with old lady Blount at Twickenham. About 
1724 lie refided at Kenlington, where the celebrated Mr.. 
Whiflon then dwelt; and in part by his recommendation, 
on the refignation of Dr. Butler, afterwards bifliop of 
Durham, of the chaplainftiip to Sir Jofeph Jekyl, matter 
of the rolls, our author was received into that gentleman’s- 
family in the fame capacity, and continued there unto the 
time of Sir Jpfeph’s death. In 1734 he drew up. and print. 
