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volute

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vo·lute  (v-lt)
n.
1. A spiral scroll-like ornament such as that used on an Ionic capital.
2.
a. A spiral formation, such as one of the whorls of a gastropod shell.
b. Any of various marine gastropod mollusks of the family Volutidae, having a spiral, often colorfully marked shell.

[French, from Italian voluta, from Latin volta, from feminine past participle of volvere, to turn, roll; see wel-2 in Indo-European roots.]

vo·luted (-ltd) adj.

volute
Noun
a spiral or twisting shape or object, such as a carved spiral scroll on an Ionic capital [Latin volvere to roll up]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.volutevolute - ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
decoration, ornament, ornamentation - something used to beautify
2.volutevolute - a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"
hank - a coil of rope or wool or yarn
structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
Adj.1.volutevolute - in the shape of a coil
coiled - curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); "a coiled snake ready to strike"; "the rope lay coiled on the deck"

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Bynoe saw one in Tierra del Fuego eating a cuttle-fish; and at Low's Harbour, another was killed in the act of carrying to its hole a large volute shell.
The electricians had contrived a catchment pool and a wheel in the torrent close at hand--for the little Mulhausen dynamo with its turbinal volute used by the telegraphists was quite adaptable to water driving, and on the sixth day in the evening the apparatus was in working order and the Prince was calling--weakly, indeed, but calling--to his air-fleet across the empty spaces of the world.
The electric light flooded everything; it was shed from four unpolished globes half sunk in the volutes of the ceiling.
 
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