Parchment volume

Parchment volume
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  • volume — [väl′yo͞om, väl′yəm] n. [ME < MFr < L volumen, a roll, scroll, hence a book written on a parchment < volutus, pp. of volvere, to roll: see WALK] 1. Historical a roll of parchment, a scroll, etc. 2. a) a collection of written, typewritten …   English World dictionary

  • Volume — Vol ume, n. [F., from L. volumen a roll of writing, a book, volume, from volvere, volutum, to roll. See {Voluble}.] 1. A roll; a scroll; a written document rolled up for keeping or for use, after the manner of the ancients. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • volume — (n.) late 14c., roll of parchment containing writing, large book, from O.Fr. volume, from L. volumen (gen. voluminis) roll (as of a manuscript), coil, wreath, from volvere to turn around, roll (see VULVA (Cf. vulva)). Meaning book forming part of …   Etymology dictionary

  • volume — ► NOUN 1) a book forming part of a work or series. 2) a single book or a bound collection of printed sheets. 3) a consecutive sequence of issues of a periodical. 4) the amount of space occupied by a substance or object or enclosed within a… …   English terms dictionary

  • volume — /ˈvɒljum / (say volyoohm) noun 1. a collection of written or printed sheets bound together and constituting a book. 2. a book forming one of a related set or series. 3. History a roll of papyrus, parchment, or the like, or of manuscript. 4. the… …  

  • volume — /vol yoohm, yeuhm/, n. 1. a collection of written or printed sheets bound together and constituting a book. 2. one book of a related set or series. 3. a set of issues of a periodical, often covering one year. 4. Hist. a roll of papyrus, parchment …   Universalium

  • volume — vol•ume [[t]ˈvɒl yum, yəm[/t]] n. 1) phs a) the amount of space, measured in cubic units, that an object or substance occupies b) the measured amount that a container or other object can hold; cubic capacity 2) a mass or quantity, esp. a large… …   From formal English to slang

  • parchment beaver — Dry Dry (dr[imac]), a. [Compar. {Drier}; superl. {Driest}.] [OE. dru[yogh]e, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr[ o]ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. {Drought}, {Drouth}, 3d {Drug}.] 1. Free from moisture;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • volume — [14] Volume is one of a sizeable family of English words that go back to Latin volvere ‘roll, turn’. Others include convolution [16], convolvulus [16], devolution [16], evolution, involve [14], revolt, revolution, revolve, vault, volte face [19] …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • volume — [14] Volume is one of a sizeable family of English words that go back to Latin volvere ‘roll, turn’. Others include convolution [16], convolvulus [16], devolution [16], evolution, involve [14], revolt, revolution, revolve, vault, volte face [19] …   Word origins


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