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   valet
         n 1: a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his
               employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man" [syn: {valet},
               {valet de chambre}, {gentleman}, {gentleman's gentleman},
               {man}]
         v 1: serve as a personal attendant to

English Dictionary: volute	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Valetta n the capital of Malta; located on the northeastern coast of the island Synonym(s): Valletta, Valetta, capital of Malta
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
valid adj well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force; "a valid inference"; "a valid argument"; "a valid contract" Antonym(s): invalid still legally acceptable; "the license is still valid"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Valletta n the capital of Malta; located on the northeastern coast of the island Synonym(s): Valletta, Valetta, capital of Malta
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
valuate v evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk" Synonym(s): measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
valued adj (usually used in combination) having value of a specified kind; "triple-valued" held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature; "a valued friend"; "precious memories" Synonym(s): valued, precious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vault n a burial chamber (usually underground) [syn: vault, burial vault] a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables Synonym(s): vault, bank vault an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof the act of jumping over an obstacle Synonym(s): vault, hurdle v jump across or leap over (an obstacle) [syn: vault, overleap] bound vigorously
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
veiled adj having or as if having a veil or concealing cover; "a veiled dancer"; "a veiled hat"; "veiled threats"; "veiled insults" Antonym(s): unveiled muted or unclear; "veiled sounds"; "the image is veiled or foggy"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
veld n elevated open grassland in southern Africa [syn: veld, veldt]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
veldt n elevated open grassland in southern Africa [syn: veld, veldt]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
velleity n a mere wish, unaccompanied by effort to obtain volition in its weakest form
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
veloute n white sauce made with stock instead of milk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
violate v fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns; "This sentence violates the rules of syntax" Synonym(s): violate, go against, break Antonym(s): conform to act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" Synonym(s): transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break Antonym(s): keep, observe destroy; "Don't violate my garden"; "violate my privacy" violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God" Synonym(s): desecrate, profane, outrage, violate force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night" Synonym(s): rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country" Synonym(s): rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
violet adj of a color intermediate between red and blue [syn: purple, violet, purplish] n any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum Synonym(s): violet, reddish blue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
volt n a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it Synonym(s): volt, V
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Volta n Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827) Synonym(s): Volta, Count Alessandro Volta, Conte Alessandro Volta, Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta a river in Ghana that flows south to the Bight of Benin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
volute adj in the shape of a coil [syn: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate] n ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center Synonym(s): spiral, volute a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope" Synonym(s): coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Valet \Val"et\ (?; 277), n. [F. valet, OF. vallet, varlet, vaslet. See {Varlet}, and {Vassal}.] 1. A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman's person; a body servant. 2. (Man.) A kind of goad or stick with a point of iron. {[d8]Valet de chambre}[F.], a body servant, or personal attendant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Valid \Val"id\, a. [F. valide, F. validus strong, from valere to be strong. See {Valiant}.] 1. Strong; powerful; efficient. [Obs.] [bd]Perhaps more valid arms . . . may serve to better us.[b8] --Milton. 2. Having sufficient strength or force; founded in truth; capable of being justified, defended, or supported; not weak or defective; sound; good; efficacious; as, a valid argument; a valid objection. An answer that is open to no valid exception. --I. Taylor. 3. (Law) Having legal strength or force; executed with the proper formalities; incapable of being rightfully overthrown or set aside; as, a valid deed; a valid covenant; a valid instrument of any kind; a valid claim or title; a valid marriage. Syn: Prevalent; available; efficacious; just; good; weighty; sufficient; sound; well-grounded.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Value \Val"ue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Valued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Valuing}.] 1. To estimate the value, or worth, of; to rate at a certain price; to appraise; to reckon with respect to number, power, importance, etc. The mind doth value every moment. --Bacon. The queen is valued thirty thousand strong. --Shak. The king must take it ill, That he's so slightly valued in his messenger. --Shak. Neither of them valued their promises according to rules of honor or integrity. --Clarendon. 2. To rate highly; to have in high esteem; to hold in respect and estimation; to appreciate; to prize; as, to value one for his works or his virtues. Which of the dukes he values most. --Shak. 3. To raise to estimation; to cause to have value, either real or apparent; to enhance in value. [Obs.] Some value themselves to their country by jealousies of the crown. --Sir W. Temple. 4. To be worth; to be equal to in value. [Obs.] The peace between the French and us not values The cost that did conclude it. --Shak. Syn: To compute; rate; appraise; esteem; respect; regard; estimate; prize; appreciate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Valued \Val"ued\, a. Highly regarded; esteemed; prized; as, a valued contributor; a valued friend. {Valued policy}. See under {Policy}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vault \Vault\ (v[add]lt; see Note, below), n. [OE. voute, OF. voute, volte, F. vo[96]te, LL. volta, for voluta, volutio, fr. L. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn about. See {Voluble}, and cf. {Vault} a leap, {Volt} a turn, {Volute}.] 1. (Arch.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy. The long-drawn aisle and fretted vault. --Gray. 2. An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar. [bd]Charnel vaults.[b8] --Milton. The silent vaults of death. --Sandys. To banish rats that haunt our vault. --Swift. 3. The canopy of heaven; the sky. That heaven's vault should crack. --Shak. 4. [F. volte, It. volta, originally, a turn, and the same word as volta an arch. See the Etymology above.] A leap or bound. Specifically: (a) (Man.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet. (b) A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like. Note: The l in this word was formerly often suppressed in pronunciation. {Barrel}, {Cradle}, {Cylindrical}, [or] {Wagon}, {vault} (Arch.), a kind of vault having two parallel abutments, and the same section or profile at all points. It may be rampant, as over a staircase (see {Rampant vault}, under {Rampant}), or curved in plan, as around the apse of a church. {Coved vault}. (Arch.) See under 1st {Cove}, v. t. {Groined vault} (Arch.), a vault having groins, that is, one in which different cylindrical surfaces intersect one another, as distinguished from a barrel, or wagon, vault. {Rampant vault}. (Arch.) See under {Rampant}. {Ribbed vault} (Arch.), a vault differing from others in having solid ribs which bear the weight of the vaulted surface. True Gothic vaults are of this character. {Vault light}, a partly glazed plate inserted in a pavement or ceiling to admit light to a vault below.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vault \Vault\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vaulting}.] [OE. vouten, OF. volter, vouter, F. vo[96]ter. See {Vault} an arch.] 1. To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court. The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley. --Sir W. Scott. 2. [See {Vault}, v. i.] To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence. I will vault credit, and affect high pleasures. --Webster (1623).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vault \Vault\, v. i. [Cf. OF. volter, F. voltiger, It. volt[?]re turn. See {Vault}, n., 4.] 1. To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring. Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself. --Shak. Leaning on his lance, he vaulted on a tree. --Dryden. Lucan vaulted upon Pegasus with all the heat and intrepidity of youth. --Addison. 2. To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vault \Vault\ (v[add]lt; see Note, below), n. [OE. voute, OF. voute, volte, F. vo[96]te, LL. volta, for voluta, volutio, fr. L. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn about. See {Voluble}, and cf. {Vault} a leap, {Volt} a turn, {Volute}.] 1. (Arch.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy. The long-drawn aisle and fretted vault. --Gray. 2. An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar. [bd]Charnel vaults.[b8] --Milton. The silent vaults of death. --Sandys. To banish rats that haunt our vault. --Swift. 3. The canopy of heaven; the sky. That heaven's vault should crack. --Shak. 4. [F. volte, It. volta, originally, a turn, and the same word as volta an arch. See the Etymology above.] A leap or bound. Specifically: (a) (Man.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet. (b) A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like. Note: The l in this word was formerly often suppressed in pronunciation. {Barrel}, {Cradle}, {Cylindrical}, [or] {Wagon}, {vault} (Arch.), a kind of vault having two parallel abutments, and the same section or profile at all points. It may be rampant, as over a staircase (see {Rampant vault}, under {Rampant}), or curved in plan, as around the apse of a church. {Coved vault}. (Arch.) See under 1st {Cove}, v. t. {Groined vault} (Arch.), a vault having groins, that is, one in which different cylindrical surfaces intersect one another, as distinguished from a barrel, or wagon, vault. {Rampant vault}. (Arch.) See under {Rampant}. {Ribbed vault} (Arch.), a vault differing from others in having solid ribs which bear the weight of the vaulted surface. True Gothic vaults are of this character. {Vault light}, a partly glazed plate inserted in a pavement or ceiling to admit light to a vault below.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vault \Vault\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vaulting}.] [OE. vouten, OF. volter, vouter, F. vo[96]ter. See {Vault} an arch.] 1. To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court. The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley. --Sir W. Scott. 2. [See {Vault}, v. i.] To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence. I will vault credit, and affect high pleasures. --Webster (1623).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vault \Vault\, v. i. [Cf. OF. volter, F. voltiger, It. volt[?]re turn. See {Vault}, n., 4.] 1. To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring. Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself. --Shak. Leaning on his lance, he vaulted on a tree. --Dryden. Lucan vaulted upon Pegasus with all the heat and intrepidity of youth. --Addison. 2. To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vault \Vault\ (v[add]lt; see Note, below), n. [OE. voute, OF. voute, volte, F. vo[96]te, LL. volta, for voluta, volutio, fr. L. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn about. See {Voluble}, and cf. {Vault} a leap, {Volt} a turn, {Volute}.] 1. (Arch.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy. The long-drawn aisle and fretted vault. --Gray. 2. An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar. [bd]Charnel vaults.[b8] --Milton. The silent vaults of death. --Sandys. To banish rats that haunt our vault. --Swift. 3. The canopy of heaven; the sky. That heaven's vault should crack. --Shak. 4. [F. volte, It. volta, originally, a turn, and the same word as volta an arch. See the Etymology above.] A leap or bound. Specifically: (a) (Man.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet. (b) A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like. Note: The l in this word was formerly often suppressed in pronunciation. {Barrel}, {Cradle}, {Cylindrical}, [or] {Wagon}, {vault} (Arch.), a kind of vault having two parallel abutments, and the same section or profile at all points. It may be rampant, as over a staircase (see {Rampant vault}, under {Rampant}), or curved in plan, as around the apse of a church. {Coved vault}. (Arch.) See under 1st {Cove}, v. t. {Groined vault} (Arch.), a vault having groins, that is, one in which different cylindrical surfaces intersect one another, as distinguished from a barrel, or wagon, vault. {Rampant vault}. (Arch.) See under {Rampant}. {Ribbed vault} (Arch.), a vault differing from others in having solid ribs which bear the weight of the vaulted surface. True Gothic vaults are of this character. {Vault light}, a partly glazed plate inserted in a pavement or ceiling to admit light to a vault below.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vault \Vault\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vaulting}.] [OE. vouten, OF. volter, vouter, F. vo[96]ter. See {Vault} an arch.] 1. To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court. The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley. --Sir W. Scott. 2. [See {Vault}, v. i.] To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence. I will vault credit, and affect high pleasures. --Webster (1623).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vault \Vault\, v. i. [Cf. OF. volter, F. voltiger, It. volt[?]re turn. See {Vault}, n., 4.] 1. To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring. Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself. --Shak. Leaning on his lance, he vaulted on a tree. --Dryden. Lucan vaulted upon Pegasus with all the heat and intrepidity of youth. --Addison. 2. To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vaulty \Vault"y\, a. Arched; concave. [Obs.] [bd]The vaulty heaven.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Veil \Veil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Veiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Veiling}.] [Cf. OF. veler, F. voiler, L. velarc. See {Veil}, n.] [Written also {vail}.] 1. To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil. Her face was veiled; yet to my fancied sight, Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined. --Milton. 2. Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal. To keep your great pretenses veiled. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Veiled \Veiled\, a. Covered by, or as by, a veil; hidden. [bd]Words used to convey a veiled meaning.[b8] --Earle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Velate \Ve"late\, a. [L. velatus, p. p. of velare to veil. See {Veil}.] (Bot.) Having a veil; veiled.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Velleity \Velle"ity\, n. [F. vell[82]it[82] (cf. It. velleit[85]), fr. L. velle to will, to be willing.] The lowest degree of desire; imperfect or incomplete volition. --Locke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vellet \Vel"let\, n. Velvet. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vial \Vi"al\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vialed}or {Vialled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vialing} or {Vialling}.] To put in a vial or vials. [bd]Precious vialed liquors.[b8] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vial \Vi"al\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vialed}or {Vialled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vialing} or {Vialling}.] To put in a vial or vials. [bd]Precious vialed liquors.[b8] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vilayet \Vi`la*yet"\, n. [Turk., from Ar. wil[be]yah.] One of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- formerly called eyalet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eyalet \E`ya*let"\, n. [Turk., fr. Ar. iy[be]lah.] Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a {vilayet}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vilayet \Vi`la*yet"\, n. [Turk., from Ar. wil[be]yah.] One of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- formerly called eyalet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eyalet \E`ya*let"\, n. [Turk., fr. Ar. iy[be]lah.] Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a {vilayet}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vild \Vild\, a. [As if the p. p. of a verb to vile. See {Vile}, a.] Vile. [Obs.] [bd]That vild race.[b8] --Spenser. -- {Vild"ly}, adv. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Viled \Viled\, a. [See {Vild}.] Abusive; scurrilous; defamatory; vile. [Obs.] [bd]Viled speeches.[b8] --Hayward.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vility \Vil"i*ty\, n. [L. vilitas: cf. F. vilet[82], vilit[82], OF. vilt[82].] Vileness; baseness. [Obs.] --Kennet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Violate \Vi"o*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Violates}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Violating}.] [L. violatus, p. p. of violare to violate, fr. vis strength, force. See {Violent}.] 1. To treat in a violent manner; to abuse. His wife Boadicea violated with stripes, his daughters with rape. --Milton. 2. To do violence to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe. Violated vows 'Twixt the souls of friend and friend. --Shak. Oft have they violated The temple, oft the law, with foul affronts. --Milton. 3. To disturb; to interrupt. [bd]Employed, it seems, to violate sleep.[b8] --Milton. 4. To commit rape on; to ravish; to outrage. Syn: To injure; disturb; interrupt; infringe; transgress; profane; deflour; debauch; dishonor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Violet \Vi"o*let\, n. [F. violette a violet (cf. violet violet-colored), dim. of OF. viole a violet, L. viola; akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Iodine}.] 1. (Bot.) Any plant or flower of the genus {Viola}, of many species. The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants, and the flowers of many of the species are blue, while others are white or yellow, or of several colors, as the pansy ({Viola tricolor}). Note: The cultivated sweet violet is {Viola odorata} of Europe. The common blue violet of the eastern United States is {V. cucullata}; the sand, or bird-foot, violet is {V. pedata}. 2. The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the spectrum. 3. In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color. --Mollett. 4. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to {Lyc[91]na}, or {Rusticus}, and allied genera.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Violet \Vi"o*let\, a. [Cf. F. violet. See {Violet}, n.] Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined. {Violet shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Ianthina; -- called also {violet snail}. See {Ianthina}. {Violet wood}, a name given to several kinds of hard purplish or reddish woods, as king wood, myall wood, and the wood of the {Andira violacea}, a tree of Guiana.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Volley \Vol"ley\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Volleyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Volleying}.] To discharge with, or as with, a volley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Volleyed \Vol"leyed\, a. Discharged with a sudden burst, or as if in a volley; as, volleyed thunder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Volt \Volt\, n. [After Alessandro Volta, the Italian electrician.] (Elec.) The unit of electro-motive force; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by United States Statute as, that electro-motive force which steadily applied to a conductor whose resistance is one ohm will produce a current of one amp[8a]re. It is practically equivalent to [frac1000x1434] the electro-motive force of a standard Clark's cell at a temperature of 15[deg] C.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Volt \Volt\, n. [F. volte; cf. It. volta. See {Vault}.] 1. (Man.) A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a center makes two concentric tracks. 2. (Fencing) A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Volta \[d8]Vol"ta\, n.; pl. {Volte}. [It. volta a turn, turning, a time. See {Volt} a tread.] (Mus.) A turning; a time; -- chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated one, two, or more times; as, una volta, once. Seconda volta, second time, points to certain modifications in the close of a repeated strain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Voluta \Vo*lu"ta\, n.; pl. E. {Volutas}, L. {Volut[91]}. [L., a spiral scroll. See {Volute}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of large, handsome marine gastropods belonging to {Voluta} and allied genera.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Voluta \Vo*lu"ta\, n.; pl. E. {Volutas}, L. {Volut[91]}. [L., a spiral scroll. See {Volute}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of large, handsome marine gastropods belonging to {Voluta} and allied genera.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Volute \Volute"\, n. [F. volute* (cf. It. voluta), L. voluta, from volvere, volutum, to roll. See {Voluble}.] 1. (Arch.) A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in the Corinthian and Composite capitals. See Illust. of {Capital}, also {Helix}, and {Stale}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A spiral turn, as in certain shells. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any voluta. {Volute spiring}, a spring formed of a spiral scroll of plate, rod, or wire, extended or extensible in the direction of the axis of the coil, in which direction its elastic force is exerted and employed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Voweled \Vow"eled\, a. Furnished with vowels. [Written also {vowelled}.] --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Voweled \Vow"eled\, a. Furnished with vowels. [Written also {vowelled}.] --Dryden.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Vailoatai, AS (village, FIPS 87300) Location: 14.38513 S, 170.78298 W Population (1990): 805 (113 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 10.3 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Valatie, NY (village, FIPS 76617) Location: 42.41476 N, 73.67666 W Population (1990): 1487 (509 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 12184
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Valley Head, AL (town, FIPS 78240) Location: 34.55080 N, 85.62582 W Population (1990): 577 (232 housing units) Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35989
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Violet, LA (CDP, FIPS 78855) Location: 29.89619 N, 89.89254 W Population (1990): 8574 (2868 housing units) Area: 10.5 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70092
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Valid A {dataflow} language. ["A List-Processing-Oriented Data Flow Machine Architecture", Makoto Amamiya et al, AFIPS NCC, June 1982, pp. 143-151]. (1995-02-14)