volvellen.

/ˈvɒlvɛl/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s voluell(e, 1500s (1800s) volvell.

Etymology: < medieval Latin volvella or volvellum, apparently < volvĕre to turn.

Obsolete exc. Historical.

An old device consisting of one or more movable circles surrounded by other graduated or figured circles, serving to ascertain the rising and setting of the sun and moon, the state of the tides, etc.

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volvelle1501

semicircle1594

octant1672

panorganon1672

Antikythera mechanism1959

14.. MS. Ashmole 191 f. 199 The Rewle of the Voluelle. Now folowiþ here þe voluelle that sum men clepen a lunarie.

c1440 Astron. Cal. (Ashm. 391) Now folowiþ þe thrid table þ^t is cleepid a voluelle or a lunary.

1501 in C. L. Kingsford Chron. London (1905) 239 A Costlew pagent w^t a volvell by the which the xii signes moved aboute the Zodiak..and ouer that voluell Sat, in a stage or pynnacle, Raphaell the Arch angell.

1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 1517 He turnyd his tirikkis, his voluell ran fast.

a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Certayne Bks. (?1545) sig. A.iiii Tholomye, and haly were cunnyng and wyse In the vol vell in the quadrant and in the astroloby.

1843 A. Dyce in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. II. 336 A curious description of the volvell, with directions for its use.

1865 Athenæum 18 Feb. 233/2 One volvelle and an accompanying table do the work quickly enough.

1884 Manch. Examiner 16 Sept. 6/2 A curious Kalender, with an astronomical volvelle of which the stylus had been preserved.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	volvelle
释义	volvellen. /ˈvɒlvɛl/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s voluell(e, 1500s (1800s) volvell. Etymology: < medieval Latin volvella or volvellum, apparently < volvĕre to turn. Obsolete exc. Historical. An old device consisting of one or more movable circles surrounded by other graduated or figured circles, serving to ascertain the rising and setting of the sun and moon, the state of the tides, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > [noun] > other volvelle1501 semicircle1594 octant1672 panorganon1672 Antikythera mechanism1959 14.. MS. Ashmole 191 f. 199 The Rewle of the Voluelle. Now folowiþ here þe voluelle that sum men clepen a lunarie. c1440 Astron. Cal. (Ashm. 391) Now folowiþ þe thrid table þ^t is cleepid a voluelle or a lunary. 1501 in C. L. Kingsford Chron. London (1905) 239 A Costlew pagent w^t a volvell by the which the xii signes moved aboute the Zodiak..and ouer that voluell Sat, in a stage or pynnacle, Raphaell the Arch angell. 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 1517 He turnyd his tirikkis, his voluell ran fast. a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Certayne Bks. (?1545) sig. A.iiii Tholomye, and haly were cunnyng and wyse In the vol vell in the quadrant and in the astroloby. 1843 A. Dyce in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. II. 336 A curious description of the volvell, with directions for its use. 1865 Athenæum 18 Feb. 233/2 One volvelle and an accompanying table do the work quickly enough. 1884 Manch. Examiner 16 Sept. 6/2 A curious Kalender, with an astronomical volvelle of which the stylus had been preserved. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.14..
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