Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vole"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vole \Vole\, n. [F.]
A deal at cards that draws all the tricks. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vole \Vole\, v. i. (Card Playing)
To win all the tricks by a vole. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vole \Vole\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of micelike rodents belonging to
{Arvicola} and allied genera of the subfamily
{Arvicolin[ae]}. They have a thick head, short ears, and a
short hairy tail.
Note: The water vole, or water rat, of Europe ({Arvicola
amphibius}) is a common large aquatic species. The
short-tailed field vole ({A. agrestis}) of Northern and
Central Europe, and Asia, the Southern field vole ({A.
arvalis}), and the Siberian root vole ({A.
[oe]conomus}), are important European species. The
common species of the Eastern United States ({A.
riparius}) (called also {meadow mouse}) and the prairie
mouse ({A. austerus}) are abundant, and often injurious
to vegetation. Other species are found in Canada.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
vole
n : any of various small mouselike rodents of the family
Cricetidae especially of genus Microtus having a stout
short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting
fields or meadows [syn: {field mouse}]
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