From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vole \Vole\, noun [F.] A deal at cards that draws all the tricks. --Swift.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vole \Vole\, verb (used without an object) (Card Playing) To win all the tricks by a vole. --Pope.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vole \Vole\, noun (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 ({Arvicola agrestis}) of Northern and Central Europe, and Asia, the Southern field vole ({Arvicola arvalis}), and the Siberian root vole ({Arvicola [oe]conomus}), are important European species. The common species of the Eastern United States ({Arvicola riparius}) (called also {meadow mouse}) and the prairie mouse ({Arvicola austerus}) are abundant, and often injurious to vegetation. Other species are found in Canada.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: 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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