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▪ I. vol Her.|vɒl| Also 8 vole, voll. [a. F. vol flight, f. voler:—L. volāre to fly.] Two wings displayed and joined at the base.
1722Nisbet Syst. Her. ii. v. I. 363 When two Wings are joined together, they are then called a Vole, or two Wings in Lure. 1742Ibid. iv. v. II. 14 A Crown relevant with Flowers, and issuing out of it a Demi Lion between two Volls for Crest. 1780Edmondson Her. II, Vol, in the French blazon, is two wings conjoined and expanded. 1864Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. x. (ed. 3) 64 The two wings of an Eagle displayed, when conjoined and borne as a charge, are blazoned as a Vol. Ibid. xxxii. 466 Out of a crest-coronet a vol az. and or. ▪ II. vol southern ME. var. full a. and adv.; var. vole n.1; obs. Sc. var. well n., wool. |