,. E. T. 8.), 1. 389. 

voider 
quotation, a screen from the heat of the sun; 
an arbor. 
With voiders vnder vines for violent sonnes. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 339. 
5. In tier., same nsflasque. 6. 
In medieval armor, a contrivance 
forcovering any part of the body 
which the plate-armor left ex- 
posed, as at the joints. Itwascom- 
monly of chain-mail. The name was also 
given to the rondels. Compare gusset. 
voiding (voi'diug), . [Verbal 
n. of void, v.] 1. The act of one Argent two voi.i 
who or that which voids. 2. 
That which is voided; a remnant; a fragment. 
(111! bestow 
Some poor remain, the voiding of thy table, 
A morsel to support my famish'd soul. 
Rowe, Jane Shore, v. 
VOiding-knifet (voi'ding-nif), n. A knife or 
scraper used for clearing off crumbs and other 
remnants of food from the table into the voider. 
voidly (void'li), adv. [< ME. voidly ; < void + 
-ly' 2 .] In a void manner; emptily; vainly; idly. 
At Vaxor the vayn pepull voidly honourit 
Bachian, a bale fynde, as a blist god. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4384. 
voidness (void'nes), H. The state or character 
of being void, (a) Emptiness; vacuity; destitution. 
(b) Nullity; inefficacy; want of binding force, (c) Want of 
substantiality. (d\) Avoid; a vacuum. 
The schoole of Pythagoras holdeth that there is a void- 
nesse without the world. Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 671. 
VOigtite (voig'tit), n. [Named after J. K. W. 
Voiyt (1752-1821), a German mining official.] 
An altered and hydrated variety of the mica 
biotite, allied to the vermiculites. 
voint, v. Same as/oiw 1 . 
For to mine, or strike below the girdle, we counted it 
base and too cowardly. 
Sir J. Harington, Ajax, Prol. (Xares.) 
VOir dire (vwor der). [OF. vair dire, to say the 
truth: see verdict.] In law. See examination 
on the voir dire, under examination. 
voisinaget (voi'zi-naj), .. [< F. voisinage: see 
vicinage.] Vicinage; neighborhood. 
That indeed was spoken to all the presbyters that came 
from Ephesus and the voisinage. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 178. 
voiture (voi'tur), . [F., = It. vettura, < L. 
vectitra, transportation, conveyance: see vec- 
tnre, vettura.] A carriage. Arbutlmot. 
voivode, vaivode (voi'-, va' vod), -. [Also vay- 
vode, and, after the G. or Pol. spelling with w, 
waiwode, waywode, also waivodc; = F. vayvode = 
G. vayvode, woiwode, wojcwode, < Russ. voevoda 
= Serv. vojvoda = Bohem. vojevoda = Pol. woje- 
n'oda = OBulg. vojevoda (5 Lith. vaivada = 
Hung, vajvoda, vajda = NGr. /?oe/3<k$af), a com- 
mander, general, etc.] The leader of an army ; 
the title of certain rulers, particularly in Slavic 
countries; later, often in various countries, as 
in Poland, the head of an administrative divi- 
sion, as a province ; in Moldavia and Wallachia, 
the former title of the princes; in Turkey, an 
inferior administrative official. 
The govemor here [at Antioch] has the title of waiwode, 
and is under the pasha of Aleppo, but is appointed from 
Constantinople. 
Poeocke, Description of the East, II. i. 192. 
Two chiefs, Ladislaus of Gara, palatine of the kingdom, 
and Nicholas of Wilac, wawode of Transylvania, . . .both 
aspired to the throne [of Hungary]. 
W. Coxe, House of Austria, xvif. 
voivodeship, vaivodeship (voi'-, va'vod-ship), 
n. [< voivode, vaivode, + -ship.] The office or 
authority of a voivode. 
John was to retain the title of king, together with Tran- 
sylvania, and all that part of Hungary which was in his 
possession ; and, on his death, his male issue was only to 
inherit his paternal dominions, and to hold the waivode- 
ship of Transylvania. W. Coxe, House of Austria, xxxiii. 
vol (vol), n. [F. vol, flight, in her. lure,< voler, fly : 
see volant.] In her., two wings expanded and 
joined together where they would spring from 
the body of the bird, so as to make one figure. 
When the term is used alone the wings are understood to 
be raised with their points upward. See ml abaisst, below. 
Also called icings conjoined in base. Vol aljaisse, two 
wings joined together as in the vol, but with the points 
downward so that the joined part comes at the top of the 
escutcheon. Also called wings conjoined in lure. (See 
also demi-vol.) 
VOla(vo'la), ". ; pl.TOfcp(-le). [L.] The hollow 
of the hand or foot,- Superflclalis volse, the volar 
artery, a branch of the radial in the ball of the thumb, 
which often connects with the continuation of the ulnar 
artery to complete the superficial palmar arch. See cut 
under palmar. 
volable (vol'a-bl), a. [Appar. intended to be 
formed < L. volare, fly, + -able.] Nimble wit- 
6782 
ted : a word put by Shakspere into the mouth 
of Armado. 
A most acute Juvenal ; volable and free of grace ! 
Shale., L. L. L., iii. 1. 67. 
VolaciOUS (vo-la'shus), (i. [< L. volare, fly, + 
-acioHK.] Apt or fit to fly. Encyc. Diet. 
voladora (vol-a-do'ra), n. [< Sp. voladora, fern, 
of ruludnr, flier.] In mining, one of the stones 
which are attached to the cross-arms of the ar- 
rastre, and are dragged round upon its floor, 
for the purpose of finely pulverizing the ore. 
See arrastre. 
volae, ". Plural of vola. 
volaget, a. [< ME. volage, < OF. (and F.) vo- 
laf/e = Pr. volatge = It. volatico, < L. volaticus, 
flying, winged, < volare, fly : see volant."] Giddy. 
With herte wylde and thought volage. 
Rom. of the Hose, 1. 1284. 
Anon they wroughten al hire lust volage. 
Chaucer, Manciple's Tale, 1. 135. 
Volans (vo'lanz), w. [L., ppr. of volnre, fly: see 
volant.] The constellation Piscis Volans. 
volant (vo'lant), ft. and n. [< P. volant = Sp. 
Pg. It. volante, < L. volan(t-)s, ppr. of volare (> 
It. volare = Sp. Pg. volar = P. voler), fly. From 
the same L. verb are also ult. E. volage, volatile, 
volery, volet, volley, avolate, etc.] I. a. 1. Pass- 
ing through the air; flying. 
A star volant in the air. Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 525. 
His volant Spirit will, he trusts, ascend 
To bliss unbounded, glory without end. 
Wordsworth, In Lombardy. 
2. Able to fly ; capable of flight ; volitant : cor- 
related with reritant, natant, gradient, etc. 
3t. Freely passing from place to place; current. 
The English silver was now current, and our gold fnl.mil 
in the pope's court. Fuller. (Imp. Diet.) 
4. Light and quick ; nimble ; rapid ; active. 
His volant touch, 
Instinct through all proportions, low and high, 
Fled and pursued transverse the resonant fugue. 
Milton, P. L., xi. 561. 
5. In her. : (a) Represented as flying: noting 
a bird. (6) Represented as if in the air, not 
supported by anything, or creep- 
ing: noting insects or other fly- 
ing creatures: as, a hive sur- 
rounded by bees volant Volant 
en arriere. See arrUsre. Volant 
overture, in her. , flying with the wings 
spread out. Compare overt, 3, that epi- 
thet being abandoned for overture for 
the sake of euphony. Volant 
Il.t . 1. A shuttlecock; 
hence, one who fluctuates between two par- 
ties; a trimmer. 
The Dutch had acted the volant, and done enough on 
the one side or the other to have kept the flre alive. 
Roger North, Examen, p. 474. (Davies.) 
2. A flounce, whether of a woman's skirt, or of 
a cover or curtain, or the like, especially when 
rich and decorative: as, a volant of point lace, 
volante (vo-lan'te), w. [Sp., lit. 'flying': see 
volant.] A two-wheeled vehicle peculiar to 
Spanish-American countries, having a chaise- 
body hung forward of the axle, and driven by 
a postilion. 
The black driver of a volante reins up the horse he be- 
strides, and the animal himself swerves and stops. 
0. W. Cable, Grandissimes, p. 440. 
volant-piece (vo'lant-pes), n. A part of the 
helmet which could be removed at will, it often 
formed one piece of armor, with an additional gorgerin or 
grande garde covering the throat from below the collar- 
bone, and reaching to the top plate or skull of the hel- 
met, protecting especially the left side. This was adjusted 
at the moment of taking places for the tilt, and was 
secured with screws or the like. Compare demi-men- 
tonniere. 
Volapiik (vo-la-piik'), n. [< Volapuk Yolnpuk, 
lit. ' world-speech,' < vol, world, reduced and 
altered from E. world, + -a-, connecting vowel 
of compounds, + piik, speech or language, re- 
duced and altered from E. speak.] An artifi- 
cial language for international use, invented 
about 1879 by Johann Martin Schleyer, of Con- 
stance, Baden. The vocabulary consists of English, 
Latin, German, and other words cut down and variously 
manipulated, and the inflections and formatives are regu- 
lar, admitting no exceptions. 
Volapuk is designed to serve as a means of communi- 
cation between persons whose native languages are not 
the same. 
Charles E. Sprague, Hand-Book of Volapiik, p. v. 
Music will be the universal language, the Volapuk of 
spiritual being. 0. W. Holmes, Over the Teacups, p. 99. 
Volapiikist (vo-la-puk'ist), H. [< Folapiik + 
-int.] One who is versed in Volapuk; an ad- 
vocate of the adoption of Volapuk as a uni- 
versal language. 
volatility 
The Votapnkixts have thirteen newspapers in different 
parts of the world, printed in the new idiom. 
Pall Matt Gazette, Feb. 28, 1888. (Encyc. Diet.) 
volar (yo'lar), a. [< vola + -or 8 .] 1. Of or 
pertaining to the palm, especially the ball of 
the thumb; thenar: as, the volar artery (the 
superficialis vote). 2. Palmar; not dorsal, as 
a side or aspect of the hand : as, the volar sur- 
face of the fingers. 
In many Mammals the limbs themselves, owing to the 
rich supply of nerves on their volar and plantar surfaces, 
and to the power of movement possessed by their termi- 
nal joints, have similar functions. 
Gegenbaur, Comp. Anat. (trans.), p. 524. 
VOlaryt (vol'a-ri), H. See voleri/. 
VOlata (vo-lii/ta), it. In music, a run, roulade, 
or division. 
volatile (vol'a-til), a. and n. [< ME. voltilil. 
n., < OF. (and F.) volatil = Sp. volatil = Pg. 
volatil = It. volatile, < L. volatility, flying, winged 
(LL. neut. volatile, a winged creature, a fowl), 
< volare. fly: see volant.] I. a. If. Flying, or 
able to fly ; having the power of flight ; volant ; 
volitant. 
The caterpillar towards the end of summer waxeth vola- 
tile, and turneth to a butterfly. Bacon, Nat. Hist., 728. 
2. Having the quality of taking flight or pass- 
ing off by spontaneous evaporation ; evaporat- 
ing rapidly; becoming diffused more or less 
freely in the atmosphere. 
It is anything but agreeable to be haunted by a suspi- 
cion that one's intellect is ... exhaling, without your 
consciousness, like ether out of a phial ; so that, at every 
glance, you flnd a smaller and less volatile residuum. 
Hawthorne, Scarlet Letter, Int., p. 43. 
There are no fixtures in nature. The universe is fluid 
and volatile. Emerson, Circles. 
3. Lively; brisk; gay; full of spirit; airy; 
hence, fickle; apt to change: as, a volatile dis- 
position. 
You are as giddy and as volatile as ever. 
Swift, To Gay, May 4, 1732. 
What do you care about a handsome youth ? 
They are so volatile, and tease their wives ! 
Browning, Ring and Book, II. 24. 
4. Transient ; not permanent ; not lasting. 
Volatile and fugitive instances of repentance. 
Jer. Taylor, Repentance, v. $ 6. 
Volatile alkali, ammonia. Volatile flycatcher. Same 
as volatile thrush. Volatile liniment, liniment of am- 
monia. Volatile Oil, an odorous vegetable principle 
having a strong pungent smell and taste, easily distilled 
with boiling water. The volatile oils contain no true 
fats, but are largely hydrocarbons. Also called essential oil. 
-Volatile salts. See otti.-Volatile thrush. See 
Seisura. = Syn. 3. Changeable, giddy, flighty, inconstant. 
See volatility. 
Il.t 1. A winged creature, as a bird or 
butterfly. 
Make we man to oure ymage and likenesse, and be he 
sovereyn to the flschis of the see, and to the rotalils of 
hevene, and to unresonable bestis of erthe. 
MS. Bodl. Til. (Halliwell.) 
The flight of volatOes. Sir T. Browne, Vnlg. Err., iii. 21. 
2. Wild fowl collectively. 
With him broghte he a jubbe of malvesye, 
And eek another, ful of fyn vernage, 
And rulatyl. as ay was his usage. 
Chaucer, Merchant's Tale, 1. 73. 
volatileness (vol'a-til-nes), n. Volatility. 
Many mistakes which our immortal bard Shakespeare 
had by oversight, or the volatileness of his genius, suffered 
to creep into his works. Life of Quin (reprint 1887X p. 48. 
vqlatilisable, volatilisation, etc. See vola- 
tilizablc, etc. 
volatility (vol-a-til'i-ti), n. [< F. volatilite = 
Sp. volatilidad = Pg.volatilidade=It. volatiUta ; 
as volatile + -ity.] 1. The character of being 
volatile or of having the power of flight. [Rare.] 
The volatility of the butterfly. 
Sydney Smith, in Lady Holland, vi. 
2. The state or property of being volatile ; dis- 
position to exhale or evaporate ; that property 
of a substance which disposes it to become 
more or less freely or rapidly diffused and 
wasted in the atmosphere ; capability of evap- 
orating, or being dissipated at ordinary atmo- 
spheric temperatures : as, the volatility of ether, 
alcohol, ammonia, or the essential oils. 
By the spirit of a plant we understand that pure elabo- 
rated oil which, by reason of its extreme volatility, exhales 
spontaneously, and in which the odour or smell consists. 
Arbuthnot. 
3. The character of being volatile ; frivolous, 
flighty, or giddy behavior; mutability of mind; 
levity; flightiness; fickleness: as, thevolatiliti/ 
of youth. 
A volatility of temperament in the young lady. 
O. Meredith, The Egoist, vi. 
= Syn. 3. Lightness, Fritolitij,etc. (see levity), instability, 
giddiness. 
