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VAULT.
t=pewsl in lo )>e vavtt. 1511 Cuyl/orile'i Pilgr. (Camden)
31 A very fayre churche,. .wherein we descendyd into a
wonder fayre vaught.
b. A burial chamber (originally with arched
roof), usually altogether or partly under ground.
a 15^8 Hall Chrou,, Edw. /K, 223 After he was remoued
to Winsore and there in a new vawte newly intumilate.
1599 Shaks. Rojii.^ ^ Jul. V. iii. 86 Here lies luliet, and her
beautie makes This Vault a feasting presence full of light.
iMi BiHNEE Kirk'BuriallXy For some there was that to the
imitation of .Abraham, made vp little caucs or voltes, for
buriall vse. 1610 Holland Camden's Brit. I. 379 Hee purposed
. . that his bones should bee bestowed in an arched
vault made under the chancell of Saint Peters Church in
Oxford. 17M Lond. _ Caz. No. 6084/7 The Body was deposited
in the Vault. 1749 in Nairne I'eerage Evidence
(1874) 81 .Mrs. Jeau .Mercer. .lyes, .opposite to the Duke of
Roxburghs vault. 1790 Burke Fr. Rci>. Wks. V. 172 In as
few years their successors will go to the family vault of ' [
all
the Capulets '. 1831 W. Irving Alhambra I. 187 'Now,'
said the priest, ' you must help me to bring forth the bodies
that are to be buried in this vault '. li^^PennyC^cl. XXV.
37/1 A vault cannot properly be made either in the church
or churchyard, without the consent of the ordinary. Ibid.^
A vault may be attached by prescription to a mansion. 1870
F. R. Wilson Ck. Lindisf. 6t The vaults beneath the
Chancel, sometimes called the dead-house,
+ 4. a. A covered conduit for carrying away
water or filth ; a drain or sewer. Ol>s.
c\^fiB Drstr. Troy 1607 The water .. Gosshet through
Godardys & other grete vautes. And clensit by course all \^
dene Cite. 1553 MS. Rami. D. 776 If. 131 b, Makyng of new
vawtis of bryk to Conevaye the water Commyng frome the
leades of the said Cistell vndcr the said new wharff. 1567 in
Vkary's Anal. (1888) App. In. ii- 154 The gouernors.. shall
viewe the cumen sewer or vawt at the seid house. 1596
Harixgton nfelam. Ajax (1814) 53 A goodly Jakes within
the town with a vault to conevey all filth into the Tiber.
est voultis the
hight of the tolbuilh fluir. a 1656 R. Gordon Contin. Hist.
Earls Sutherl.{.ii\-^yi^'Y\x Earl .. finished the great tour
the same yeir, wowling it to the top.
S. isii-« in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) 1. 478 They
can.. vawte the chirch. .after the fourme of a platie therfor
devised. 1577 B- GoocB Heresbach's Husb, 1. (1586)
42 b. They doo vaute the floore with Bryckes. 1577
Holinshed Chron, II. 1714/1 Sir William Chester. .and
John Calthrop-.couered and vauted the towne ditch from
Aldcrsgate to Newgate.
y. i6as K. Long tr. Barclay's Argenis 1. v. 12 The first
builders of this house vaulted under the ground a secret
way unknowne to any but my selfe. 165a Earl Monm. Ir. -
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Senault's Man bee. Guilty 303 The Concavity of Trees hung
in the aire, hath taught our Architects to vault buildings.
I7»6 Leoni AlberlCs Archil, I. 73/2 Whateversort of Arch
you vault your Bridge with. i8m Bowles Da^s Departed
8 Ask of the Geologist How Nature, vaulting the rude
chamber, scoop'd Its vast recesses. 1848 G. S. Hillard in
Z.yiZ.o>i£/: (1891) II. Ill But to combine them all, to vault
them with such a sky,., this is not easy. 1894 Baring-Gould
Deserts S, France U, 104 The various attempts made to
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vault the naves.
b. In pa. pple. used predicatively.
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(Cf. Vaulted
o. 1387 Charters F.dinb. (1671)351116 fyfte chapel woutyl
with a durre. c l^ Maunuev. (1839) iii. 17 And undie
theisc Sugcs ben Stables wel y.vowted for the Emperours
Hors. l4la-io Lvdg. Chron. Troy 11. 689 Fresche alures
with lusty hije pynacles,..Vowted aboue like reclinatories.
iSil Guyl/orde's Pilgr. (Camden) 26 There is a fayre large
Chapelt, well voughted and lyghted by many lampes brennyngc.
1538 Leland llin. (1769) II. 53 A right fair and
costely peace of Worke.. made al of Stone and curiusly
voultid.
?• •414 Iniienlure Fotheringhey in Dugdale Monast.
(18^6) VI. 1414/2 Three strong and mighty arches vawlhid 1
with stoon. 1448 H»N. VI in Willis & Clark Cambridge
(1886) 1.356, .ij.chambres aboue, vauted. 15*5 Ld. Berneks
Froiss. II. Ixxxix. 99/1 The bouses within were well vawted
with stone, so that the engynes nor spryngalles dyd the men
but small domage. 1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus 11. 105 b, He
caused an oxe to be made of wood, inwardly vauted and
hollow within. i6ia Selden Illustr. Drayton's Poly,olb.
Note to iii.^ 338 Chedder Cleeues, rocky and vauted, by
continual distilling, is the fountain of a forcible stream.
y. 1591 Sylvester Du Barlas 1. iii, Narrow Vales vaulted
about with Hils. iSij tr. De Mimt/arfs Surv. E. Indies
10 The said place is all vaulted about with Porches. 1686
WodD Li/e 10 July, Buried. .in a grave brickt and vaulted \
over with bricks. 1774 Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) IV. 165
Theinside is vaulted, and is large enough for the reception
of eight or ten beavers. 1815 Elphinstone Acc. Caubul
(1842) I. 19 It was rainwater, preserved in small reservoirs,
vaulted over with brick and mortar. 1831 Scorr Cast, Dang.
viii. The study. .was vaulted with stone. 1873 Tristram
Moab V. 77 Long ranges of buildings, .most solidly vaulted.
C. Of things: To form a vault over (something)
; to cover like a vault ; to overarch.
i6«7 Milton P. L. vi. 214 The dismal hiss Of fiery Darts
in flaming volies flew. And flying vaulted eilher Host with
fire. i«8a Wmei er yourn, Greece l. 70 The wall beginning
to bend forward. Arch-wise, as if it were to vault a Portico. !
1719 VouNG Busiris IV. i. Have I not seen whole armies
vaulted o'er With flying javlins? 1734 Wesley 7rnl. 23
Jan. (1829) I. 21, 1 was vaulted over with water in a moment.
1777 G. Forster Voy, round IVorld II. 187 The tufted ;
VAULTED.
arbours which vaulted over the paths, are hung with beauti.
ful flowers of all kinds. 1807 J. Harlow Columb. vii. 231
lilaze-trailmg fuses vault the night's dim round. And shells
and langrage lacerate the ground.
2. absol. To construct a vault or vaults, rare-".
c 1440 Promp, Pan. 512/1 Vowtyn, or make a vowte,
arcuo,testudmo. 1552 HuLOET, Vaulten or make vaultes
or arches, /ormco. 1570 Levins Manip. 16/40 To valte
arcum ducere.
3. To bend, arch, or raise (something) after the
m.mner of a vault.
iSS» HuLOET, Vaulten or makebente lyke a ho\ve,arcuor.
CI58S C'tess Pembroke Ps. cxxxvi. iii, Whose skillfull
art did vault the skies. 1616 Bacon i>/z/a §376 You must
Vault the Earth, whereby it may hang over them, and not
touch them. 1753 Chambers' Cycl. Snnpl. s.v., To vault a
horse-shoe, is to forge it hollow, . .that the shoe, thus hollow
or vaulted, may not bear upon the sole that is higher than
the hoof. 1833 Tennyson Lotos Eaters 85 Hateful is the
dark-blue sky, Vaultedo'er the dark-blue sea. 1877 J. Bryce
Transcauc. », Ararat 35 Looking, .across the vast expanse,
with the wide blue sky vaulted over it.
1 4. To make vaults or cavities under (something).
•599 Hakluyt Voy. II. 1. 77 Wee shall vault and vndermine
your foundations in such maner that they shatbe torhc
vpside downe,
5. inlr. To curve in the form of a vault.
•80s Eugenia de Acton Nims 0/ Desert II. 166 The
spangled arch, which vaulted to the footstool of the Throne
of Mercy. 1807 J. Barlow Columb. v. 30 A dusky deep,
serene as breathless even, Seem'd vaulting downward like
another he.iven. 1844 Emerson Misc., Tantalus Wks.
(Bohn) III. 323 Her mighty orbit vaults like the fresh rainbow
into the deep.
Va'Olt (vglt), r.2 Forms: a. 6 vaute, 6-7
vaut ; 6 vaught. P, 6- vault, [app. ad. OF.
valler (voulter, etc) logambol, leap, assimilated in
form to prec]
1. trans, a. To mount (a horse) by leaping.
rare—^.
'53* Elyot, DesuUor, he that can vaute \pr. vaunte;
•545 vaulte] a horse, and leape frome one horsbacke vnto
an other. [Cf. Vaulting vbl. sb.^ 1, quot. 1531.
tb./^. (Cf. Leap I/. 9.) Obs.
1611 Shaks. Cymb. i. vi. 134 Should he make me Line like
Diana's Priest, betwixt cold sheets. Whiles he is vaulting
variable Rampes In your despight.
O. To get over, surmount, by vaulting.
1884 Kendal Mercury t, Times 3 Oct. 5/1 The gate.. has
been locked, .. so that foot passengers have to vault the gate.
1901 .Munscy's Mag. XXIV. 550/1 Rodgers vaulted the
boxwood and seated himself on her veranda.
2. intr. To spring or leap ; spec, to leap with the
assistance of the hand resting on the thing to be
surmounted, or with the aid of a pole.
o. a 1568 AscHAM Scholem. i. (Arb.) 64 To vaut lustely, to
runne, to leape, to wrestle. 1591 Lodge Hist. Dk. Normandy
GV), He was actiue of bodie, & vaughted exceed
ingly well. 1599 Shaks. Hen. V, v. ii. 142 If I could winne
a Lady at Leape-frogge, or by vawting into my Saddle, with
my Armour on my backe. 1618 Bolton Florus (1636) 170
King Theutobocchus . . was wont to vaut over foure or five
horses set together. i6ai G. Sandys OviiCs Met. 11. (1626)
25 The generous and gallant Phaeton, All courage, vaut's
into the blazing Throne.
3. 1609 B. JoNSON Sil. IVom. 11. i, Such a delicate steeple,
i' the towne, as Bow, to vault from. 1649 Jer. Taylor Gt.
Exemp. II. Disc. xi. 155 When we addresse ourselves to prayer
. .let us., when we have done, not rise from the ground as if
we vaulted, or were glad we had done. 1699 Bentley Phal.
268 In his Dances he leap'd up, and vaulted, like Phrynichus,
who was celebrated for those Performances. 1734 tr.
Rollins Anc. Hist. (1827) I. 84 Vaulting from one to the
other. 1791 CowpER Iliad vii. 285 In standing fight adjusting
all my steps To martial measures sweet, or vaulting light
Into my chariot, thence (I] can urge the foe. 1814 Scott Ld.
0/ Isles VI. xxii, Vaulting from the ground. His saddle every
horseman found. 1830 Tennyson Mermaid y^,\ would..
lightly vault from the throne and play With the mermen in
and out of the rocks. 1875 Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 220 Can
he vault among swords, and turn upon a wheel.
fig. 1809-10 Coleridge Friend (1665I 63 Ignorance seldom
vaults into knowledge, but passes into it through an intermediate
state of obscurity. 1836 Emerson Nature viii.
Prosiecls'^y.s. ('&o\n) II. 171 As if a banished king should
buy his territories inch by inch, instead of vaulting at once
into his throne. i88a J. H. Blunt Re/. Ch. Eng. II. 212
note. He was ordained priest a day or two only Lcfore he
vaulted into the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
+ b. = Leap v. 9. Obs.
Cf. fig. uses of Vaulter ' and Vaulting vbl. sb.*
•S76 Turberv. Vencrie 44 Harts do commonly beginne to
Vault about the middest of September. 17J5 New Cant,
Did,, To Vault, to commit Acts of Debauchery.
Vaultage (vg-ltid;!). [f. Vault sb.^ A
vaulted place o{ area ;
a series of vaults.
•599 Shaks. lien, V, 11. iv. 124 Hee'le call you to so hot
an Answer of it, That Caues and Wonibie Vaultages of
France Shall chide your Trespas. 1605 Heywood //you
know not me Wks. 1874 I. 290 D, Naiu, What is this vaultage
for..? Gresh, Stowage for merchants ware, and
strangers goods, a 1839 Galt Demon Destiny 11. 12 Hell
rebellowing through her vaultages. 1863 K. H. DiGBY
Chapel 0/ St, "yokti (ed. 2) 38 It might be well for you to
cast one look back towards this sepulchral vaultage. 1863
East London Observer 27 June, To be let, the vaultage of
a large chapel in the Commercial Road.
Vaulted (vjlted),///. a. [I. Vault rf.l or z;.i]
1. Having the form of a vault; arched or rounded.
ta. Of the chin. Obs.-^
a 1533 Ld. Berners Huon cxlvi. 549 Her skynne was as
whyte as y* floure in the niede, . .her tnrote smoth and clere,
her chyne vauted {printed vaunted ;
Fr. voltis\,
b. Of a roof or ceiling, etc,
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