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volute

vo.lute or vo.lut.ed \v*-'lu:t\ \-'lu:t-*d\ n [L voluta, fr. fem. of 
   volutus, pp. of volvere to roll] 1: a spiral or scroll-shaped form  2a: a 
   spiral scroll-shaped ornament forming the chief feature of the Ionic  
   captial 2b: a turn of a spiral shell  3: any of numerous marine gastropod 
   mollusks (family Volutidae) with a thic k short-spired shell - vo.lut.e aj