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    Voluble , a. [L. volubilis, fr. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn round; akin to Gr.  to infold, to inwrap,  to roll, G. welle a wave: cf. F. voluble. Cf. F. Well of water, Convolvulus, Devolve, Involve, Revolt, Vault an arch, Volume, Volute.]
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    1. Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter.
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    2. Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant, voluble, tongue.
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      [Cassio,] a knave very voluble.
      Shak.

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      ☞ Voluble was used formerly to indicate readiness of speech merely, without any derogatory suggestion. “A grave and voluble eloquence.”
      Bp. Hacket.

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    3. Changeable; unstable; fickle. [Obs.]
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    4. (Bot.) Having the power or habit of turning or twining; as, the voluble stem of hop plants.
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      Voluble stem (Bot.), a stem that climbs by winding, or twining, round another body.
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      -- Vol"u*ble*ness, n. -- Vol"u*bly, adv.
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