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Show VYO V. 2. Confifting of many volumes, or books If heav'n write aught of fate, by what the ftar Voluminous, or fingle character In their conjun@ion met, give me to fpell. AZilt There is pleafure in doing fomething new, tho never fo little, without peftering the world wit woluminous tranferiptions. Graunt's Bills of Mortal The moft fevere reader makes allowances fo many refts and nodding-places in a woluminou Speiator writer 3. Copious ; diifufive bear contradiion withou muc paflion, and was too woluminous in difcourfe Clar H no di VorLu'MINOUSLY. adv. [from wolumiIn many volumes or books nous. The controverfies are hotly managed by the divided fchools, and woluminoufly every where handled Granwille Vo The waken'd earth in odours rife To be her morning facrifice Cleaweland By a woluntary before the firft leffon, we are prep:u'ca for admiflion of thofe divine truths, whic Spectator we are fhortly to receive VoLUNTEER. #.f. [wolontaire, Fr. foldier who enters into the fervice of hi own accord Congreve, and the author of the Relapfe, bein the principals in the difpute, I fatisfy them; a for the wolunteers, they will find themfelves affectCollier ed with the misfortune of their friends All Afia now was by the cars And gods beat up for wolunteer Prior To Greece and Troy @. z 7o VoLuNTEE'R dier To go for a fol A cant word Fr Leave off thefe wagers, for in confcience {peak from woluntary. | Spontaneoufly ; o one's own accord ; without compulfion The city needs not your new tricks for breaking Vo'LUNTARILY [wolontiers adv Sith there is no likelihood that ever woluntaril they will feck inftruétion at our hands, it remaineth that, unlefs we will fuffer them to perifh, falHooke vation itfelf muft feek them To be agents woluntarily in our own deftruion Hooker 1s againft God and nature Self-prefervation will oblige a man woluntarily to underg and by choice any lef evil, to fecur himfelf but from the probability of an evil incomSouth parably greater VO'LUNTARY [ wolontaire adj Fr woluntarius, Latin. 1. A&ing without compulfion choice a&ing b God did not work as aneceffary, but a woluntar agent; intending before-hand, and decreeing wit did outwardly procee himfelf, that whic him fro Hooker The lottery of my deftin Bars me the right of woluntary chufing Shakefp 2. Willing; acting with willingnefs Then virtue was no more; her guard away She fell to luft a woluntary prey Pope's Odyffey 3. Done by defign; purpofed If a man be loppinga tree, and his ax-head fal from the helve, out of his hand, and kills another paffing by, here is indeed manflaughter, bu Perkins no voluntary murther 4. Done without compulfion Voluntary forbearance denotes the forbearance o an aétion, confequent to an order of the mind I/(u"k(" The old duke is banifked; the new duke, an three or four loving lords, have put themfelves int woluntary exile with him They muf hav Shakefp. As you like i recourfe to abftinence whic is: but woluntary fafking5 and to exercife; which i Seed's Sermons but woluntary labour 5. Aling of its own accord; {pontaneous The publick prayers of the people of God, i churches thoroughly fettled, did never ufe to be woTuntary dictates, proceeding from any man's extemporal wit Hooker Thoughts which woluntary mov numbers Harmoniou Vo'runTarY Milton 7 /. [from the adjeétive. in an 1. A volunteer; one who engage affair of his own accord Shake[peare Ajax was here the wo/yntary, and you as unde Shak.fpeare an imprefs The bordering wars were made altogether b woluntaries, upon their own head Aid woluntarie cam in partly upo Dawvies's Ireland miffives from all parts an partl Bacon 2. A piece of mufick played at will, with out any fettled rule Whiftling winds like organs play'd Until their woluataries mad And if you gallants lofe, to all appearing You'll want an equipage for wolunteering. Dryden #. f VoLuv'ervary -vo/z./pfizzzri/z.r Latm. Fr [woluptuaire A ma give u to pleafure and luxury Does not the woluptuary underftand, in all th liberties of a loofe and a lewd converfation, that h L'Efirange runs the rifk of body and foul The parable was intended againft the woluptuarics men who lived like heathens, difiolutely, withou regarding any of the reftraints of religion Arterb VOLU'PTUOUS. adj. [woluptuofus, Lat Given to excefs o voluptueux, Fr. pleafure ; luxurious He them deceives; deceiv'd in his deceit Made drunk with drugs of dear woluptuons receipt Spenfer If a new fect have pot two properties, it will no The one is, the fupplanting, or the oppoffpread ing of authority eftablifhed; the other is, the giving licence to pleafures, and a wo/uptuous life. Bac Thou wilt bring me foo To that new world of light and blifs, amon The gods, who live at eafe, where I fhall reig At thy right hand wolupruous, without end. Ailt Then {wol'n with pride, into the fnare I fel Of fair fallacious looks; venereal trains Milt Soften'd with pleafure, and woluptuous life Speculative atheifin fubfifts only in our fpeculation ; whereas really human nature cannot b guilty of the crime. Indeed a few fenfual an woluptuous perfons may for a feafon eclipfe thi native light of the foul, but can never wholly fimoBentley's Sermons ther and extinguifh it VoLu'pTuouUSLY ous. adv [fro woluptu Luxurioufly ; with indulgence o exceflive pleafure Had I a dozen fons,I had rather eleven die nobly for their country, than onc woluptuoufly furfeit out of action Shakefpeare This cannot be done, if my will be fo worldly o woluptuoufly difpofed, as never to fuffer me to thin of themj but perpetually to carry away and appl South my mind to other things Voru'PTUOUSNESS. 7. /i [from «woluptuous.] Luxurioufnefs ; addictednefs t excefs of pleafure Your matrons, and your maids, could not fiil u The ciftern of my luft Shakefpeare's Macbeth If he fill'd his vacancy with his voluptuoufiefs Full furfeits, and the drynefs of his bones Call on him for't. Shake[p. Antony and Clespatra Here, where ftill ev'ning is, not noon nor nigh Where no woluptuonfnefs, yet all delight Donne Thef fons of Epicurus for woluptuoufnef an irreligion, muft pafs for the only wits of the age You may be free, unlef Your other lord forbids, weluptuanfuefs ‘rollijl 4 Cvolutatio, Lagin Wallowin Vo'LuTE. n [ [wolute r of a Colum fThat part of the capitals of th onicIoni k Cor thian, and Compofite orders, whi h is fup'pffgfim reprefent the bark of trees twift d and turned in fpiral lines, or, according to others the -heaq drefies of virgins in their long hair According Vitruvius, thofe that appear aboye the fiems i the Corinthian order, are fixteen in ever capita four in the Ionick, and eight i the Copn sfita Thefe welutes are more efpecially remar ablepin tl: Iqxnck capital, reprefenting a pillo or cufhio‘ laid between the abacus and echinu whence tbar antient architeét calls the woluta pulvinus Happi It is faid there is an Tonick pillar i the Sant Maria Tranftevere, where the marks of the co pafsare fill to be feen on the wolute and thatPalladio learnt from thence the working of that d ffi cult problem VO'MICA. n./. [Latin. tumour in the lungs Addifon An encyfte If the ulcer is not broke, it is commonly called womica, attended with the fame fymptoms as a empyema ; klecaufe the womica communicating wit the vefiels of the lungs, muft neceffzrily void fom of the putrid matter, and taint the blood Arbuthuot on Diet Vo'mic NUT 7. / Vomick nut is the nucleus of a fruit of an EaftIndian tree, the wood of which is the lignum colubrinum, or fnakewood of the fhops. It is flat comprefled, and round, of the breadth of a fhilling, and about the thicknefs ofa crown-piece. I is certain poifon to quadrupeds and birds ; and take internally, in fmall defes, it difturbs the whole hu man frame, and brings on convulfions Hill's Materia Medic 70 VO'MIT «w.n [womo, Latin. T caft up the contents of the ftomach The dog, when he is fick at the ftomach, know his cure, falls to his grafs, womits, and iswells More w.a Zo Vo'mit [womiry Fr. 1. To throw up from the ftomach: oftc ‘There's no botto In my woluptucufnefs : your wives, your daughters All the unfettled humours of the land Rafh, inconfid'rate, fiery woluntaries ing Vorora'ryom. 7 South Drydenm wit up or out As though fome world unknown By pamper'd nature's ftore too prodigally fed And furfeiting therewith her furcreafe omited Drayti The fith womited out Jonah upon the dry land ‘nahy ii Vomiting is of ufe, when the foulnefs of the ftoWifenan's Surgery mach requires it Weak ftomachs womit up the wine that t'fie drink in too great quantities, in the form of vine Arbuthnot gar 2. To throw up with violence from an bollow Vo'mit. z. /. [frem the verb. 1. The matter thrown up from the fomach He thall caft up the wealth by him devour'd Like womit from his yawning entrails pot}r'.d.Sam{y! 2. An emetick medicine; a medicine tha caufes vomits o fuccefsful . Blackmore This womit may be repeated often, if it be fou a womit ma be fafely given, muft toms of an inflammatio on the ftomach, a wai Whethe judged by the circumftances: if therebe any fymp /"'b"'éffi is extremely dangerous Voum1'r1ox. 7. /. [ from womo, Lat a& or power of vomiting How many have faved their lives, by fpe\;'mg " their debauch ! Whereas, if xllch&‘olmacl}t:;]y"éaigd ed itin,on, th the womiti the faculty of Fwo Vo MITIVE. adj Clmalgy v Ine adrem Em [vomitifs Fr tick ; caufing vomits Sate ci du ri rc ‘m y li qu lo ri this vi Fror' k cj\eaio o and vitriol womitive, occafion g blac rronrs a Brown 'Vl/;figMITORY N |