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VOLT

Volume 18 · 67 words · 1797 Edition

in the manage, a round or circular tread; and hence, by the phrase to make volts, is understood a gate of two treads, made by a horse going sidewise round a centre, in such a manner that these two treads make parallel tracks; one larger, made by the fore-feet, and another smaller made by the hind-feet; the crowd approaching towards the centre, and the shoulders bearing out.