Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wallowing; a rolling, as of the body on the earth.
- noun A compound circular motion consisting of arotation of a body about an axis through its center combined with a revolution about a distant axis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A rolling of a body; a wallowing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
rolling orwallowing .
Etymologies
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Latin volutatio, from volutare to roll, wallow, verb frequentative volvere, volutum, to roll.
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To move any thing by volutation, or fuccefiiive uppltcationof the diCerent parts of the furfacc
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