voigtite

[After Herr Voigt, of Saxe-Weimar; suff. -ite ( Min. ).] Min .: A mica-like mineral, occurring in a peg matite near Ilmenau, Thu ring i a. Hardne , 2-3; specific gravity, 2-91; luster, pearly; color, leek green, but more often brownish. Composition: The same as that of biotite (q. v.), with the addition of water. Dana suggests that it is probably the latter mineral hydrated. *voire (as vwâr) dire, s. [O. Fr. to say the truth, from Lat. verum dicere .] Law : An oath administered to a witne either before or after being sworn in chief, requiring him to speak the truth, or make true answers in reference to matters inquired of, to ascertain his interest in the cause as affecting his competency. ( Green leaf.) one sound, and words are always written as they are pronounced, and pronounced as they are written. The alphabet consists of twenty-seven letters, eight being vowels and nineteen consonants. The consonants are sounded as in English, with the exception of c, which always has the sound of ch as in child; j , which always has the sound of sh , as in shade; and g , which is always hard; h is used as an aspirate. The accent is invariably on the last syllable, and to the simple French construction is added the advantage of only one conjugation, and there are no irregular verbs or artificial genders. The method of derivation is always the same. The adjectives, verbs, and adverbs being regularly formed from the substantive and analogous in termination, a knowledge of all the nouns practically means the acquirement of the language. W becomes v, and, for the benefit of eastern people to whom the pronunciation of ris always a stumbling block, lis generally substituted for it. The words are generally reduced to one syllable; thus fat = father, dol (Lat. dolor )=pain, gan (Ger. gans) = goose. Nouns have but one declension and only four cases; gender is indicated by the prefix of ; thus, tidel =schoolmaster, of - tidel =schoolmistre . Adjectives are formed by adding ik to the substantives, and adverbs by adding o to the adjectives; thus, fam =glory, famik =glorious, famiko =gloriously. "This much may be said for Volapük , that although it is only a year or two since it was first invented, 500,000 persons are already said to be using it."- Pall Mall Ga zette . Võl-a-pük'-Ist, s . [English Volapuk ; -ist.] An advocate of the adoption of Volapük as a universal language, by means of which men speaking other. voi-ture, s. [Fr., from Ital. vettura (q. v.).] [VECTURE.] A carriage. "They ought to use exercise by voiture or carriage."Arbuthnot. *võl-a-ble, a. [Prob. for voluble (q. v.), which is the reading of the folios and second quarto, or a coinage from Latin volo =to fly.] Nimblewitted. ( Shakesp .: Love's Labor's Lost , iii.) *vō-lā-cio us, a. [Lat. volo to fly.] Apt or fit to fly. *vo-lage, a . [Fr., from voler ; Lat. volo =to fly.] Light, giddy, fickle. ( Chaucer .)