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VOLUNTABYISM. 304 VOLUNTEER.
1837-8 J. Keegan Leg. ^ Poems (1907) So [The heap of
stones) at last assumed a size sufficiently large to attract the
attention of every person who went the way, who, in their
turn, added their ' voluntary ' to the pile.
7. A parting of a rider from his horse without
sufficient cause ; an unwarranted fall. Freq. to
€tU a voluntary,
1M3G. A. Lawrence 5(»rrf!fr^ Bastille \\. 33 A conscript,
who couM keep his saddle, through an entire day, without
'taking a voluntary ', was considered, .a credit to the regimcQt.
1883 Mrs. Kennard Right Sort xx\, They will say
1 cut a voluntary.. .The stirrup-leather alone wa.s to blame.
1990 /^ieitt 8 Feb. 177 The number of 'voluntaries' which
are ever taking place in the hunting field.
8. A voluntary examination.
x8o4 J. Pavn Gieams 0/ Memory 75 As an initial step to
my becoming a divine, it was., necessary to pass *the Voluntary
*—a theological examination in my case very inappro*
priately named.
II. 1 9. One voluntarily, and ustially without
pay, serving as a soldier in a campaign, battle, etc.;
= VOLUKTKEB sb, I. Obs.
In very frequent use from 1600 to 1645.
1595 Shaks. John n. i. 67 Rash, inconsiderate, fiery voluntaries,.
.Haue sold their fortunes at their natiue homes,. .To
makeahazardofnewfortunesheere. i6ox MouNTjovinMoryson
Itin.u. (i6i7)i38piuersworthy men., haue followed the
wars here as voluntaries to their very great expence. 163a
F. Markham Bk. li^aru vii._25 Those Souldiers, which we
call by the name of Voluntaries, being a ranke of men which
voluntarily, and of their owne meere motion without any
constraint at all, doe betake themselues vnto the Warres.
1636 WiNTHROP J\^e7v Eiig. (1825) I, 195 The soldiers wlio
went were all voluntaries, and had only their victuals provided,
but demanded no pay. 1670 Milton Hist. Eng. v.
aigTurkiiel the Dane, .got leave of the King, with as many
voluntaries as would follow him, to pass into France.
fig. i6ia T. Taylor Ow/w. 7/V«Ju. 6 Letthem nowseruc
as voluntaries vnder the Captaiiie lesus Christ.
trans/. 1627 J. Taylor (Water ^.) Navy Land Shi/'s \ ijb,
There were 7, other needlesse Ships which were in the nature
of voluntaries, or hangers on vpon the Nauy.
10. One who undertakes or engages in any kind
of service, enterprise, etc., of his own choice or
free-will; = Volunteer j(5. 3.
X609 BiBLS (Douay) 1 Mace, \\. 42 Then there was gathered
to them thesynagogeoftheAssideans.., everie voluntarlein
the law. i6ta H. Ainsworth Annot. Ps. ex. 3 Thy people
shallI be I voluntaries in the day of thy power. x6s8 \Vither
Brit, Rememh. iii. 1507 That none durst become a voluntary,
In such a Fire, for conscience sake, to tarie. a 1641 Up.
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