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Definition of Demivolts
1. demivolt [n] - See also: demivolt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demivolts
Literary usage of Demivolts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Digressions of V. by Elihu Vedder (1910)
"That was Boyhood. Add pepper and salt, —and to the Paris of boyhood add Cayenne
pepper. In Florence this sad youth was as the frisky lamb and his demivolts, ..."
2. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1890)
"He discreetly kept out of earshot and continued his whistling, varying his
amusement by making his horse execute a series of curvets and demivolts, ..."
3. Pekin, Jeddo, and San Francisco: The Conclusion of a Voyage Round the World by Agnes Stephenson, Helen Stephenson, Ludovic Beauvoir (1872)
"... see these little Japanese playing the trumpet, working the guns, making
demivolts at the riding-school, and forming line or square on the parade-ground. ..."
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