Webster's Dictionary 1913

1648

Void (2)

Void, n. An empty space; a vacuum.Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defense,And fills up all the mighty void of sense. Pope.

1649

Void (3)

Void, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Voided; p. pr. & vb. n.Voiding.] [OF. voidier, vuidier. See Void, a.] 1. To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave;...

1650

Void (4)

Void, v. i. To be emitted or evacuated. Wiseman.

1651

Voidable

Void″a‐ble (?), a. 1. Capable of being voided, or evacuated.2. (Law) Capable of being avoided, or of being adjudged void, invalid, and of no force; capable of being either avoid...

1652

Voidance

Void″ance (?), n. 1. The act of voiding, emptying, ejecting, or evacuating.2. (Eccl.) A ejection from a benefice.3. The state of being void; vacancy, as of a benefice which is w...

1653

Voided

Void″ed, a. 1. Emptied; evacuated.2. Annulled; invalidated.3. (Her.) Having the inner part cut away, or left vacant, a narrow border being left at the sides, the tincture of the...

1654

Voider

Void″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, voids, �mpties, vacates, or annuls.2. A tray, or basket, formerly used to receive or convey that which is voided or cleared away from ...

1655

Voiding

Void″ing, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, v�ids. Bp. Hall.2. That which is voided; that which is ejected or evacuated; a remnant; a fragment. Rowe.Voiding knife, a knif...

1656

Voiding (2)

Void″ing, a. Receiving what is ejected or voided. “How in our voiding lobby hast thou stood?” Shak.

1657

Voidness

Void″ness, n. The quality or state of being void; �mptiness; vacuity; nullity; want of substantiality.

1658

Voir dire

‖Voir dire (?). [OF., to say the truth, fr. L. verus true + dicere to say.] (Law) An oath administered to a witness, usually before being sworn in chief, requiring him to speak ...

1659

Voiture

Voi″ture (?), n. [F., fr. L. vectura a carrying, conveying. Cf. Vettura.] A carriage. Arbuthnot.

1660

Voivode

Voi″vode (?), n. See Waywode. Longfellow.

1661

Vol-au-vent

‖Vol′–au′–vent″ (?), n.(Cookery) A light puff paste, with a raised border, filled, after baking, usually with a ragout of fowl, game, or fish.

1662

Volacious

Vo‐la″cious (?), a. [L. volare to fly.] Apt or fit to fly.

1663

Volador

‖Vo‐la‐dor″ (?), n.(Zoöl.) (a) A flying fish of California (Exocœtus Californicus): — called also volator. (b) The Atlantic flying gurnard. See under Flying.

1664

Volage

Vo‐lage″ (?), a. Light; giddy.They wroughten all their lust volage. Chaucer.

1665

Volant

Vo″lant (?; 277), a. [L. volans, -antis, p. pr. of volare to fly: cf. F. volant.] 1. Passing through the air upon wings, or as if upon wings; flying; hence, passing from place t...

1666

Volante

‖Vo‐lan″te (?), n. A cumbrous two-wheeled pleasure carriage used in Cuba.

1667

Volante (2)

‖Vo‐lan″te (?), n. A two-wheeled carriage formerly much used in Cuba. The body is in front of the axle; the driver rides on the horse.

1668

Volapük

Vol′a‐pük″ (?), n. Literally, world's speech; the name of an artificial language invented by Johan Martin Schleyer, of Constance, Switzerland, about 1879.

1669

Volapükist

Vol′a‐pük″ist, n. One who is conversant with, or who favors adoption of, Volapük.

1670

Volar

Vo″lar (?), a. [L. vola the palm of the hand, the sole of the foot.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.

1671

Volary

Vol″a‐ry (?), n. See Volery.

1672

Volatile

Vol″a‐tile (?), a. [F. volatil, L. volatilis, fr. volare to fly, perhaps akin to velox swift, E. velocity. Cf. Volley.] 1. Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant fo...

1673

Volatile (2)

Vol″a‐tile, n. [Cf. F. volatile.] A winged animal; wild fowl; game. Chaucer.Sir T. Browne.

1674

Volatileness

{Vol″a‐tile‐ness, Vol′a‐til″i‐ty (?), } n. [Cf. F. volatilité.] Quality or state of being volatile; disposition to evaporate; changeableness; fickleness.Syn. — See Levity.