Defn: To baptize; — used in contempt by the Reformers. [Obs.]
Tyndale.
VOLPLANE Vol"plane`, v. i. [F. vol plané act of volplaning; vol flight + plané, p.p.; cf. planer to hover.] (Aëronautics)
Defn: To glide in a flying machine.
VOLT
Volt, n. Etym: [F. volte; cf. It. volta. See Vault.]
1. (Man.)
Defn: A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a center makes two concentric tracks.
2. (Fencing)
Defn: A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.
VOLT
Volt, n. Etym: [After Alessandro Volta, the Italian electrician.]
(Elec.)
Defn: The unit of electro-motive force; — defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by United States Statute as, that electro-motive force which steadily applied to a conductor whose resistance is one ohm will produce a current of one ampère. It is practically equivalent to