voluteer.html - n. & adj.
--n.

1 Archit. a spiral scroll characteristic of Ionic capitals and also used in Corinthian and composite capitals.
2 a any marine gastropod mollusc of the genus Voluta. b the spiral shell of this.

--adj.

esp. Bot. rolled up.

voluted adj. [F volute or L voluta fem. past part. of volvere roll]

voluteer.html - n. & adj.
--n.

1 Archit. a spiral scroll characteristic of Ionic capitals and also used in Corinthian and composite capitals.
2 a any marine gastropod mollusc of the genus Voluta. b the spiral shell of this.

--adj.

esp. Bot. rolled up.

voluted adj. [F volute or L voluta fem. past part. of volvere roll]

voluteer.html - n.
1 a rolling motion.
2 a spiral turn.
3 a whorl of a spiral shell.
4 Anat. a convolution. [as VOLUTE, after REVOLUTION etc.]

voluteer.html - See: SPEAK VOLUMES.

voluteer.html - adj.
1 speaking or spoken vehemently, incessantly, or fluently (voluble spokesman; voluble excuses).
2 Bot. twisting round a support, twining.

volubility n. volubleness n. volubly adv. [F voluble or L volubilis f. volvere roll]

voluteer.html - n.
1 a a set of sheets of paper, usu. printed, bound together and forming part or the whole of a work or comprising several works (issued in three volumes; a library of 12,000 volumes). b hist. a scroll of papyrus etc., an ancient form of book.
2 a solid content, bulk. b the space occupied by a gas or liquid. c (foll. by of) an amount or quantity (large volume of business).
3 a quantity or power of sound. b fullness of tone.
4 (foll. by of) a a moving mass of water etc. b (usu. in pl.) a wreath or coil or rounded mass of smoke etc.

volumed adj. (also in comb.). [ME f. OF volum(e) f. L volumen -minis roll f. volvere to roll]