A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Volant, adj. [e.m.E. volant (a1548), F. volant, L. volant-.] Capable of rapid movement and (military) action. — 1570 Leslie 229.
For so meikill as the Inglismen lay still in Hadingtoun thus Monsieur de Thermes … thought it best with a seige volant to constrayne thame within the toune 1558-66 Knox I 236.
Hunger and pest within [Haddington] and the persuyt of the ennemy with a campe volant lay about thame and intercepted all victuallis
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Volant adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 20 May 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/volant>
