Volant
[vәulәnt]
Definition
(a.) Passing through the air upon wings, or as if upon wings; flying; hence, passing from place to place; current.
(a.) Nimble; light and quick; active; rapid.
(a.) Represented as flying, or having the wings spread; as, an eagle volant.
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Definition
adj. flying: nimble: (her.) represented as flying or as in the air unsupported or creeping.—n. Vō′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. Volatilisā′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. Volitā′tion.
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