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VOLUCRAKY. 300 VOLUME.
1S51 Mas. Stowb Uncle Tom's C. xiv, He was listening
to Haley, who was very volubly expatiating on the quality
of the article for which they were bargaining. x86i Goul*
BUKN Ftrs. Rtii^. i. (1873) 3 Every body can speak volubly
upon controversial subjects.
Voiuorary. rare-^, [f. L. volucr-is bird +
-ART 1.] A treatise on birds.
x8ot Dowdkn Fr. Lit. iii. 40 The earliest versified Bestiary,
which is also a Volucrar>-.
Vo'lucrine, a, rarc^, [f. as prec. + -INB.] Of
or pertaining to, arising from, birds.
1881 P. S. Robinson Under Punkah 23 The volucrine
clamour continued unabated. .. The passage was filled with
bird-cages.
Volue, obs. var. Volley sb. ; obs. Sc. f. Wolf sb.
Volume (vi?li«m), j^. Forms: a. 4-6volym,
5 volom, 5-8 volum (5-6 voUum, 5 Sc, wolum).
3. 5 Tolyme, velome, volome, 5- volume (6 Sc,
wollume). 7. 7 volumne, 7-9 volumn. [a.
OF. voiurrty volumefVolumme (F. volume^ = It. and
Pg. voiume, Sp. volumen\ ad, L. voliimen coil,
wreath, roll, etc., f. volvire to roll. The chief
senses of the English word also exist in French.]
I. 1. Hist. A roll of parchment, papyrus, etc.,
containing written matter; a literary work, or
part of one, recorded or preserved in this form,
which waa customary in ancient times. Also^^.
i3Sa WvcLiF DeuL xvii. 18 He shal discriue to hym a
declaracioun of this lawe in a volym. 1387 Trevisa Higdtn
(Rolls) V. 27 He expownede Ypocras his boolces as it were,
and. .also he made meny veleyns \v.rr, voiyms, volums] of
his owne. 1587 Goldinc Z>^i1/