Crossword clues for volant
volant
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Volant \Vo"lant\ (?; 277), a. [L. volans, -antis, p. pr. of volare to fly: cf. F. volant.]
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Passing through the air upon wings, or as if upon wings; flying; hence, passing from place to place; current.
English silver now was current, and our gold volant in the pope's court.
--Fuller. Nimble; light and quick; active; rapid. ``His volant touch.''
--Milton.-
(Her.) Represented as flying, or having the wings spread; as, an eagle volant.
Volant piece (Anc. Armor), an adjustable piece of armor, for guarding the throat, etc., in a joust.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"flying," c.1500, from Middle French volant "able to fly," from Latin volantem (nominative volans), present participle of volare "to fly," of unknown origin. French voler, literally "to fly," in 16c. acquired a sense of "to steal," via the transitive meaning "to make fly."
Wiktionary
a. 1 (context heraldry English) Having extended wings as if flying. 2 flying, or able to fly. 3 Moving quickly or lightly, as though flying; nimble.
WordNet
adj. with wings extended in a flying position [syn: volant(ip)]
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 64
Land area (2000): 0.113989 sq. miles (0.295230 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.113989 sq. miles (0.295230 sq. km)
FIPS code: 80368
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 41.114489 N, 80.259463 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 16156
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Volant
Wikipedia
Volant may refer to:
- Volant skis, a U.S. ski manufacturer
- Volant, Pennsylvania, a small town
Usage examples of "volant".
He dug in and dug out by the skill of his tilth for himself and all belonging to him and he sweated his crew beneath his auspice for the living and he urned his dread, that dragon volant, and he made louse for us and delivered us to boll weevils amain, that mighty liberator, Unfru-Chikda-Uru-Wukru and begad he did, our ancestor most worshipful, till he thought of a better one in his windower's house with that blushmantle upon him from earsend to earsend.
When I rented a volant at Kenyatta, I debited the account of an Earthside agent of hers.