VOLABLE, vol'a-bl, _adj._ (_Shak._) nimble--willed. [L. _vol[=a]re_, to
fly.]
VOLANT, v[=o]'lant, _adj._ flying: nimble: (_her._) represented as flying,
or as in the air unsupported, or creeping.--_n._ V[=O]'LANT-PIECE, a part
of the helmet which could be removed at will.--_adj._ VOL'ATILE,
evaporating very quickly: flighty: apt to change.--_ns._ VOL'ATILENESS,
VOLATIL'ITY, quality of being volatile: disposition to evaporate rapidly:
sprightliness: fickleness.--_adj._ VOL'ATILISABLE.--_ns._
VOLATILIS[=A]'TION, act or process of making volatile or
evaporating.--_v.t._ VOL'ATILISE, to make volatile: to cause to
evaporate.--_n._ VOL'ERY, a large enclosure for birds in which they have
room to fly.--_adj._ VOL'ITANT, flying.--_n._ VOLIT[=A]'TION. [Fr.,--L.
_volans_, _antis_, pr.p. of _vol[=a]re_, to fly.]
VOLANTE, v[=o]-lan'te, _n._ a two-wheeled covered vehicle with long shafts,
with a chaise-body hung before the axle, driven by a postillion. [Sp.]
VOLAPÜK, v[=o]-la-pük', _n._ a name given to a universal language invented
in 1879 by Johann Schleyer of Constance, Baden, the vocabulary being mainly
based on English, and the grammar being simplified to the utmost.--_n._
VOLAPÜK'IST, one versed in Volapük: one who advocates the adoption of
Volapük. [Lit. 'world-speech'--_vol_, shortened from Eng. _world_, _pük_,
for Eng. _speak_.]
VOLAR, v[=o]'lar, _adj._ pertaining to the palm, palmar.--_n._ V[=O]'LA,
the hollow of the hand or foot:--_pl._ V[=O]'LÆ. [L.]
VOLCANO, vol-k[=a]'no, _n._ a more or less conical hill or mountain,
usually truncated, and communicating with the interior of the earth by a
pipe or funnel, through which issue hot vapours and gases, and frequently
loose fragmentary materials and streams of molten rock: a form of
firework.--_adj._ VOLCAN'IC, pertaining to, produced, or affected by a
volcano.--_adv._ VOLCAN'ICALLY.--_n._ VOLCANIS[=A]'TION.--_v.t._
VOL'CANISE, to subject to the action of volcanic heat.--_ns._ VOL'CANISM,
VOLCANIC'ITY, phenomena connected with volcanoes; VOL'CANIST, a student of
volcanic phenomena; VOLCAN'ITY, state of being volcanic; VOLC[=A]'NOISM
(_rare_), violent eruptiveness.--_adj._ VOLCANOLOG'ICAL.--_n._
VOLCANOL'OGY.--VOLCANIC ROCKS, those formed by volcanic agency. [It.
_volcano_--L. _Volcanus_, _Vulcanus_, god of fire.]
VOLE, v[=o]l, _n._ in card-playing, the winning of all the tricks in one
deal.--_v.i._ to win such. [Fr.,--L. _vol[=a]re_, to fly.]
VOLE, v[=o]l, _n._ a genus of rodent quadrupeds of the subfamily
_Arvicolinæ_, which also includes the lemmings, the musk-rats, &c., the
Field-vole, the Water-vole, popularly called the water-rat, and the
Bank-vole.
VOLERY. See under VOLANT.
VOLET, vol'[=a], _n._ a veil: one of the wings of a triptych picture. [O.
Fr., 'a shutter'--L. _vol[=a]re_, to fly.]
VOLITANT, vol'i-tant, _adj._ having the power of flight.--_n._
VOLIT[=A]'TION, act of flying.
VOLITION, v[=o]-lish'un, _n._ act of willing or choosing: the exercise of
the will: the power of determining.--_adjs._ VOLI'TIENT (_rare_), willing;
VOLI'TIONAL, VOLI'TIONARY.--_adv._ VOLI'TIONALLY.--_adjs._ VOLI'TIONLESS;
VOL'ITIVE, having power to will: expressing a wish. [Low L. _volitio_--L.
_volo_, _velle_, to will, be willing.]