||Vol"ti (?), imperative. [It., fr. voltare to turn. See Volt a tread.]
||(Mus.) Turn, that is, turn over the leaf.
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Volti subito [It.] (Mus.), turn over quickly.
||Vol`ti*geur (?), n. [F., fr. voltiger to vault, It. volteggiare. See
||Volt a tread.] 1. A tumbler; a leaper or vaulter.
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2. (Mil.) One of a picked company of irregular riflemen in each
regiment of the French infantry.
Volt"me`ter (?), n. [2d volt + - meter.] (elec.) An instrument for
measuring in volts the differences of potential between different
points of an electrical circuit.
Voltz"ite (?), n. [So named in honor of Voltz, a French engineer.]
(Min.) An oxysulphide of lead occurring in implanted spherical globules
of a yellowish or brownish color; — called also voltzine.
{ Vo*lu"bi*late (?), Vol"u*bile (?)}, a. [See Voluble.] Turning, or
whirling; winding; twining; voluble.
Vol`u*bil"i*ty (?), n. [L. volubilitas: cf. F. volubilité.] The quality
or state of being voluble (in any of the senses of the adjective).
Vol"u*ble (?), a. [L. volubilis, fr. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn
round; akin to Gr. &?; to infold, to inwrap, &?; to roll, G. welle a
wave: cf. F. voluble. Cf. F. Well of water, Convolvulus, Devolve,
Involve, Revolt, Vault an arch, Volume, Volute.]
1. Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll;
rotating; as, voluble particles of matter.
2. Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of rapid speech;
nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant, voluble, tongue.
[Cassio,] a knave very voluble.
Shak.
Voluble was used formerly to indicate readiness of speech merely,
without any derogatory suggestion. "A grave and voluble eloquence." Bp.
Hacket.