1000000031

v o

tq\livocal, which is wht:re one

term

,has

l \Vo

ar more fig–

nitic:nions.

UNLAWF'UL, illeg,I, Comething prohibited

by,

' or ca'·

Har)' tO

¡he

lerms of Ja\V, eilhcr

divine

hunlin.

UNMOOR, a IOrm uCed at fca. When a vcfLI whieh

WlS

fidiog 01 anchor, weighs lhe f2me,

gets il up, in arder

la (ail.

they

{ay

fhe

is unmooring.

VOCABULARY, in grammar, denotes ,he eolleélion of

lhe words of a Jaoguage, wilh lheir figoific3tions, other–

wjfe calleJ a diélionary, lexicoD, or nomenclature. See

DICTIONARV.

voeabul.ry

is properly a Icff:r kind o( diélionary,

which Joe,

nOl

enter fa minutely ioto lhe o'rigins aod dif–

fereht acceplatioos

of'words.

VOCAL, Cometh'ing that relatu to the voiee or Cpeeeh:

lhus

vocal muficK

is lh"t fel to

\Vords, efpecially

verfes.

aod ro be perforrnc:d

lhe voice; in contraQiHioé'l:ion

inllrumental mulick,

comporcd

only for

¡nUrumenu,

without finging.

Vo,CATIVE, in gra:nmar, the fifth (late o,' care of noun,.

' Yhen wc name the pr,ron \Ve are fpeaking

tO,

or ad·

drefs ourfelves

lhe tning we are fpeaki ng

aL as

if it

wcre

per(on, the nOUi1 or name requires a ne',v relJ·

tion,

\~ ¡li~h

lhe L :uins and Gretki ,xprefs by a Dew

terminlcio:'l, cillled

th~

vacative ; as, from

domintu, a

lord,

formed {he vocative

d~lIlin(,

O lord.

VOICE, a Cvuod produccd in the ,hroat and mou,h al' ao

animal, by

aparattls of inftruments for th'fU· purpo(e.

Voices are.either aniculate or ioanieulate. Aniculate

yoice, are lhofe whereor feve'ral confpirc together

'tO

form

Co'me

alfembl.ge

or little Cy(lem uf Caunds; Cueh ..e ,he

voices expreffing the leners of ao alphabet, numbers of

which joined tOgether form \Vords . Inarticulate voíces

are fuch as are oot organizc:d, or alTc!mbled io[o Vl-ords ;

Cueh i, the barking of dogs, the

~raying

o( alfe., the hif.

fing al' CerpenlS, the finging af bi,d"

&c.

The formation

the human voice, wirh

al!

the varie·

ties thereof ob(erved

(peech, mufick.

Óe.

~akes

a very

etlrious article of inquiry

and the app-aratus and orga·

nifm of {he pans adminillring {here eo, is (omething ex–

ceedingly furpririog , Tho(e pans aro (he trachea or

wind .pipe, through which the air palTes and reparres imo

the lungs

lhe larynx. wh ich is a iliort cylindric c;¡nal

at lhe head of {he

trach~a;

and thl! glolti:, which. is a

Jittle oval cleft or chink lefl be[ween

{\Vo

fcmi circubr

memL)ranes On:tched horizomall'y wilhioride [he laryn-x. ;

which m-:mbranes, though capable e f joining

ciare

10ge·

ther, do ,geoerall y lea 't'e an intavClI cilher

gr~ater

or lefs

between them called' the glottis-.

paniculr dercription

of each part

Ol;JY

oe fceo in Anatomy,

Pan IV.

VOle E, in

gril mmi\r, a cireumflance in lc:rbs. whereby they

come tO he c:onridered as tither

~clive

or paffivc ;

lher exprcfrlOg an 3,8ioo imprdfc:q on anolht'r rllhjeét,

<lS,

1 1)(01;

or rt ceiviog it from another, as

b~alen.

See

CRAMMAR.

739.

V(· ,

CR ,

m,u t! rs of eleétion.

denote~

vote or

(Gf['ra~e.

VO ' D EO . in 1""ldry. i. und«f1o"d of an ordinary whoCe

inner or middlc pan

cut

OUt ,

le.tvilll!

no~hing

but its

edgc::s

O\CWils

(orm.

fa Ih ,,1

the

fid d

app::ars Ihroul:h

it.

H encc: it

1'e

n::l'd lt,rs

expref!: lhe colour or metal

of rhe \'oided

3rt. b" c..

u(~

íl mull of courre be

thar

the fi ':ld,

VO IDER, in h ':raldry, o,: of

t!l<

ordinarios

\Vho~c

fi·

O L

~ure

is nlllch 1:1:e that of a fiarr:. or P.aunch. ool}' thu

do,h not bend

mueh, See PI.t: CXLVIl.

('l:'

'4.

VOL, amonC herald3, fignifics tia:

f WO

w:nos of a

fo~'l

j oined together. borne in almory, as being the whole

that make, the Bight. AeeordiDgly, a demi·vol is a tingle

\Ving.

VOL

1\. ,

the palm or infide of .he hand, campreheDd:d

between the fingen and the'

wrilL

VOLAN'f, in henddry, is when a bird io

coat of arms

is drawo 8ying, or having iu wil'lgs Cpread out.

VOLATILE, in phylics, is eommonly ured to deDo,e a

mixeu body whoCe iDtegrol parto are eafily diflipated by

fin:

or heat; hue is more properly ured for bodies whofc

elemenes or 6rn cortÍponent

p~rts. are

eafily CeparateJ (rom

eaeh other, and dlfperfed

airo See

CHiMltTkY.

VOLATILIS.'\.TION, the aél of rendering fixed bodics

vol.ttile, or of re(olving theOl by hre ioto a fioe Cubtle

v..tpour or Cpirit, . whicb·t'afily di([i?ates and flic:s away.

AII

bodies, even lhe mon fixed, as gold,

ffi2y

vobtili.·

zed

ei[her ,of the01felves,

wíth the admixture

Com~

volatile Cub(lance, o, Cpirit, by diilillation or Cubli–

miltton.

VOLER

Y, •

great

bird.e.ge

large tha! the bird, havo

room

and down

io ir.

VOLHINIA, or VOLaN'A , a province of Poland, boond–

ed by Polelia, on ,he Donh; by ,he lowor Volhioia, ar

Ukraill, in the territories of

ffia,

lhe eaft

by Po–

dalia, on the fourh ; aDd by the proviDee of Red Rufli.,

on Ihe wefL

VO LITION, the aél of willing . Se<

l'vh TAPIIYSlCS .

VOLKAMERI A, iD baldoy, a geDus o( thedidynamiaan–

giofperm:a clars. The calix eontills of 6ve (egolen.s ;

aod the berry coolaíns tWO bi)ocular Ceeds. Thcre are two

fpecies. Done of them native of Britaio

VOLLEY, a milita,y Calute, mad. by diCchargiog a gr<a!

nllrnbér of fire .arms at the

C ..

time.

VOLO, iñ Roman antiqllity,

appeJla:ion given

the

fl ....

ves, who, dllring lhe Cecood Punie

war,

offerc:d

lhel'!)–

fdves to (ervc

tbe arOly.

VOLT, in the manege, a round or circul:i r tread :. and hence

by. Ihe

phTaf~,

make yoh"

undcrClood

a ga:e

(WO

lIoítds, made by

horre: goiog fideways round

e('n–

ter, in fuch

manner, that thefe (\Votread, make patallel

tlaéls, one larger made by Ihe rore· feet , ilnd another

fmaller made by the hlOd . fcet, lhe eroup approaching tO

wards the centre, and

the

Ihoulders bearing ollt\Vards.

VOLU

¡\fE,

in mallen of Jitcr:uure,

book. or writing,

of a juil bulk to be baund by it(e1(. The

n.me

is deri ·

ved from rhe L atin

VIJ!V:rf.

roll up; the ancielll

manner oC making up books being in rolls

oark or p.uch.

ment o

RooK .

VO LUNTAR

in m. fick, a pice< pl.yrd by a mufician

rxtempore, according tO his fancy. T his i, ohen ured

before he bél!ins to (el himldf

phy

any particul ..r

compofirion, to Iry

Ih~

intlrur,unt , and

Je",d

him ¡ato

rh" kev

the Ilieee

intends

perform .

VOL U NT EERS. in ,he mili..

afl, per(o., \t'ho of thcir

•.wn Ac.:orJ ,

d.nJ

Iheír own fx pence, (erve

Ihe

iHm)'.

YO LU

o;nuralllltlory,

;¡

genus of infeéb bdoo

!in ,

to the o'rdcr of vermes

teUAce~.

Ir is an anim....1

th:

(nail klnJ. with :ln uoiloelllar fpi ral Cl\d l, of whtch th('r::

are

4(1

(peColc!', ddlior uifh::u lJy peculi..ni ues

:hc:ir

íhdl...

VOLU r E,

in a..

chit éh!re,

kir:u

{pi

r.\!

T.:roll,

:.l1.:J

j I}

tit.;