"Bolter" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... upper-end out; and there let it remain till the next day, that the liquor be quite cold. Then Tun it up into a good Barrel, not filled quite full, but within three or four fingers breadth; (where Sack hath been, is the best) and let the bung remain open for six weeks with a double bolter-cloth lying upon it, to keep out any foulness from falling in. Then stop it up close, and drink not of it till after ...
— The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened • Kenelm Digby
... said he would never forgive Jo Grain—never. And what Captain Bolter said he meant: for he was ...
— Personal Reminiscences in Book Making - and Some Short Stories • R.M. Ballantyne
... admiringly, "she's taken to you—well, I don't blame her. Here's John Barleycorn," opening another door, "own brother to the Fox, he's Pap's; he's a bolter, and kicks like a duck gun. She's got all her vice at one end of her and he at the other, match pair." He whistled between his teeth as he put up the bars, then he shewed other horses, Phyl watching his every movement, ...
— The Ghost Girl • H. De Vere Stacpoole
... to stand in his way. After this year I think he'll settle down. But right now, I'll be honest with you, Drake's a bolter. You know what a bolter is, I guess. He's a dog that won't keep in the course, that will run away. Drake's one of 'em. When you turn him loose in the field he forgets there's such things as human bein's on this planet. Don't I know him? I won the Southern Championship ...
— Frank of Freedom Hill • Samuel A. Derieux |
