Vallens. See Falling (S.).—S.W.
Vamp. To walk about (S.). Much more used in Dorset. 'I zeed she a-vamping half round the town.'—S.W.
*Vamplets. Rude gaiters to defend the legs from wet (A.H.). Cf. Bams. Also used in the New Forest. See Cradock Nowell, ch. xviii, 'Not come with me ... and you with your vamplets on, and all!' where the word is applied to shooting gaiters.—N.W.
Veer. (1) n. A furrow.—N.W. (Glouc. bord.) (2) v. 'To veer out the rudges,' to mark out with the plough the 'rudges' or 'lands' before ploughing the whole field.—N.W.
Veer weather. Chopping, changeable weather.
Veldevare or Veldever. See Velt.
*Vell. The salted stomach of a young calf, used for making rennet.—N.W. (Malmesbury).
*Velleys. The drain where the eaves of a cottage meet.
Velt. The fieldfare. Turdus pilaris (Wild Life, ch. xvi), the usual name for the bird in N. Wilts, there being a few local variants, as Vulver at Huish and Veldever at Clyffe Pypard. Also Veldevare.—N.W.
'Tom was a regular gawney ... and went about wi' a handful o' zalt to catch the veldevares.'—Wilts Tales, p. 177.