voluten.

Brit.

/vəˈluːt/,

/vəˈljuːt/, U.S.

/vəˈl(j)ut/

Etymology: < Latin volūta voluta n., or < French volute from the same source.

1. Architecture. A spiral scroll forming the chief ornament of the Ionic capital and employed also in those of the Corinthian and Composite orders.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > capital > parts of specific types of capital

caulis1563

helix1563

vase1563

voluta1563

cyllerie1592

codd1601

cilery1611

roll1611

turning1631

pillow1664

volute1696

tambour1706

collarino1715

annulet1728

colarin1728

drum1728

caulicoles1815

intervolute1831

bolster1842

stalk1842

horn1847

bell1848

cauliculusa1878

1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Volute, a part of the Capital of the Ionick, Compound, and Corinthian Order.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) There are also eight angular Volutes in the Corinthian Capital.

1754 Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 34 On the top is an apex, with a volute on each side.

1789 P. Smyth tr. H. Aldrich Archit. (1818) 96 The volutes of the capital were generally by the ancients made elliptic.

1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 377 To produce graceful effects in the foliage and contour of the volutes.

1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 174 Complete Doric fronts, with volutes and other decorations foreign to the order.

1879 S. Baring-Gould Germany II. 344 The English capital was circular; the volute disappeared at once.

2. A spiral conformation; a convolution, twist, or turn; a thing or part having a spiral form.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [noun] > a spiral > spiral or helical object

screw1615

helicoid1699

volute1756

spiral1853

1756 in Shenstone's Wks. (1793) I. p. lxiii The smooth volutes of Ammon's horn.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms at Cagouille A sort of volute or ornament.

1794 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 85 93 You may perceive by the drawing that they do not take such beautiful forms and volutes as a fine dry smoke usually does.

1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters II. v. 72 We carefully pare off the volutes and spikelets [of the cacti].

1885 E. J. Payne in Grove Dict. Music IV. 286 The carving of the volute, and the double grooving of its back, are among the most difficult branches of the violin-maker's art.

1895 W. J. Hoffman Beginnings of Writing 129 Near the top of these are short volutes or commas, similar in type to the speech or voice commas.

attributive.1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2714/2 Volute-compasses, a draftsman's compasses in which the legs are gradually expanded, so as to trace a spiral.

3. The spiral shell of a gastropod of the genus Voluta; also, the animal itself.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Volutidae > member of genus Voluta

thorny-shell1713

volute1753

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The Volute, variegated with two reticulated zones.

1775 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 238 These anemonies had been found on old volutes, called spindle-shells.

1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. ix. 282 The cowries are said to have eyes exhibiting both iris and pupil, as have some volutes.

1847 D. T. Ansted Anc. World iii. 48 The numerous groups of flesh-eating gasteropoda (the murex, the cone, the volute, the cowry, and many others).

1874 J. G. Wood Out of Doors 637 When young, the shell is very like that of a volute, having a prominent spire and a rather wide-spreading lip.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

voluteadj.

Brit.

/vəˈluːt/,

/vəˈljuːt/, U.S.

/vəˈl(j)ut/

Etymology: < Latin volūtus, past participle of volvĕre to roll; or attributive use of volute n.

Having the form of a volute; forming a spiral curve or curves. volute spring, volute wheel, are described by E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 2714/2 and Suppl. 931/1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > spiral or helical

twine1551

snailing1615

spireda1625

involved1665

spiralled1665

screwlike1675

spiry1677

voluted1801

corkscrew1815

screwed1821

volute1839

spiriform1841

volutiform1843

spiring1871

corkscrewy1886

turbaned1924

spiralized1928

spiralizing1977

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xv. 351 Another was killed, in the act of carrying to its hole a large volute..shell.

1847 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art §108. 67 The Corinthian capital..was unfolded by an ingenious combination of the volute forms of the Ionic with freer and richer vegetable ornaments.

1866 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 4) vi. 239 The beautiful volute and cone shells of the Eocene epoch.

1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 302 This plate has a volute spiral groove cut in its surface.

in combination.1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 6460 Cast-steel tyres, volute spring buffers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	volute
释义	voluten. Brit. /vəˈluːt/, /vəˈljuːt/, U.S. /vəˈl(j)ut/ Etymology: < Latin volūta voluta n., or < French volute from the same source. 1. Architecture. A spiral scroll forming the chief ornament of the Ionic capital and employed also in those of the Corinthian and Composite orders. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > capital > parts of specific types of capital caulis1563 helix1563 vase1563 voluta1563 cyllerie1592 codd1601 cilery1611 roll1611 turning1631 pillow1664 volute1696 tambour1706 collarino1715 annulet1728 colarin1728 drum1728 caulicoles1815 intervolute1831 bolster1842 stalk1842 horn1847 bell1848 cauliculusa1878 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Volute, a part of the Capital of the Ionick, Compound, and Corinthian Order. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) There are also eight angular Volutes in the Corinthian Capital. 1754 Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 34 On the top is an apex, with a volute on each side. 1789 P. Smyth tr. H. Aldrich Archit. (1818) 96 The volutes of the capital were generally by the ancients made elliptic. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 377 To produce graceful effects in the foliage and contour of the volutes. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 174 Complete Doric fronts, with volutes and other decorations foreign to the order. 1879 S. Baring-Gould Germany II. 344 The English capital was circular; the volute disappeared at once. 2. A spiral conformation; a convolution, twist, or turn; a thing or part having a spiral form. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [noun] > a spiral > spiral or helical object screw1615 helicoid1699 volute1756 spiral1853 1756 in Shenstone's Wks. (1793) I. p. lxiii The smooth volutes of Ammon's horn. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms at Cagouille A sort of volute or ornament. 1794 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 85 93 You may perceive by the drawing that they do not take such beautiful forms and volutes as a fine dry smoke usually does. 1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters II. v. 72 We carefully pare off the volutes and spikelets [of the cacti]. 1885 E. J. Payne in Grove Dict. Music IV. 286 The carving of the volute, and the double grooving of its back, are among the most difficult branches of the violin-maker's art. 1895 W. J. Hoffman Beginnings of Writing 129 Near the top of these are short volutes or commas, similar in type to the speech or voice commas. attributive.1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2714/2 Volute-compasses, a draftsman's compasses in which the legs are gradually expanded, so as to trace a spiral. 3. The spiral shell of a gastropod of the genus Voluta; also, the animal itself. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Volutidae > member of genus Voluta thorny-shell1713 volute1753 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The Volute, variegated with two reticulated zones. 1775 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 238 These anemonies had been found on old volutes, called spindle-shells. 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. ix. 282 The cowries are said to have eyes exhibiting both iris and pupil, as have some volutes. 1847 D. T. Ansted Anc. World iii. 48 The numerous groups of flesh-eating gasteropoda (the murex, the cone, the volute, the cowry, and many others). 1874 J. G. Wood Out of Doors 637 When young, the shell is very like that of a volute, having a prominent spire and a rather wide-spreading lip. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). voluteadj. Brit. /vəˈluːt/, /vəˈljuːt/, U.S. /vəˈl(j)ut/ Etymology: < Latin volūtus, past participle of volvĕre to roll; or attributive use of volute n. Having the form of a volute; forming a spiral curve or curves. volute spring, volute wheel, are described by E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 2714/2 and Suppl. 931/1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > spiral or helical twine1551 snailing1615 spireda1625 involved1665 spiralled1665 screwlike1675 spiry1677 voluted1801 corkscrew1815 screwed1821 volute1839 spiriform1841 volutiform1843 spiring1871 corkscrewy1886 turbaned1924 spiralized1928 spiralizing1977 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xv. 351 Another was killed, in the act of carrying to its hole a large volute..shell. 1847 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art §108. 67 The Corinthian capital..was unfolded by an ingenious combination of the volute forms of the Ionic with freer and richer vegetable ornaments. 1866 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 4) vi. 239 The beautiful volute and cone shells of the Eocene epoch. 1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 302 This plate has a volute spiral groove cut in its surface. in combination.1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 6460 Cast-steel tyres, volute spring buffers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1696adj.1839
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