[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

volute \volute"\, n. f. volute cf. it. voluta, l. voluta,
   from volvere, volutum, to roll. see voluble.
   1913 webster
   1. arch. a spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of
      the ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is
      a feature in the corinthian and composite capitals. see
      illust. of capital, also helix, and stale.
      1913 webster

   2. zool. a spiral turn, as in certain shells.
      1913 webster

   3. zool. any voluta.
      1913 webster

   volute spiring, a spring formed of a spiral scroll of
      plate, rod, or wire, extended or extensible in the
      direction of the axis of the coil, in which direction its
      elastic force is exerted and employed.
      1913 webster
see also:
voluble capital helix stale volute spiring 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

volute
     adj : in the shape of a coil syn: coiling, helical, spiral,
            spiraling, voluted, whorled, turbinate
     n 1: ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around
          a center with an increasing distance from the center
          syn: spiral
     2: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous
        series of loops; "a coil of rope" syn: coil, spiral,
        whorl, helix
see also:
coiling helical spiral spiraling voluted whorled 
turbinate coil whorl helix 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

37 moby thesaurus words for "volute":
   anfractuous, cirrus, cochlear, cochleate, coil, corkscrew,
   corkscrewy, curl, curlicue, evolute, gyre, helical, helicoid,
   helix, involute, kink, ringlet, roll, screw, screw-shaped, scroll,
   scrolled, spiral, spiroid, swirl, tendril, turbinal, turbinate,
   twirl, twist, verticillate, voluted, volution, vortex, whirl,
   whorl, whorled

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