n. [ F. ] A deal at cards that draws all the tricks. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. (Card Playing) To win all the tricks by a vole. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of micelike rodents belonging to
☞ The water vole, or water rat, of Europe (Arvicola amphibius) is a common large aquatic species. The short-tailed field vole (Arvicola agrestis) of Northern and Central Europe, and Asia, the Southern field vole (Arvicola arvalis), and the Siberian root vole (Arvicola oeconomus), are important European species. The common species of the Eastern United States (Arvicola riparius) (called also
n. [ F. volerie a flying, volière a large bird cage, fr. voler to fly, L. volare. See Volatile. ] [ 1913 Webster ]