UVROU. The circular piece of wood, with holes in it, by which the legs of a crow-foot are extended for suspending an awning.
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VACUUM. A space utterly empty, even of air or vapour.
VADMEL. Coarse woollen manufacture of the Orkneys. (See [Wadmarel].)
VAIL, To. An old word signifying to lower, to bend in token of submission; as, "Vail their top-gallants." Thus in the old play George a-Green, "Let me alone, my lord; I'll make them vail their plumes."
VAKKA. A large canoe of the Friendly Islands, with an out-rigger.
VALE, or [Dale] (which see). Also, gunwale.—To vale, was an old term for "dropping down," as in a river.
VALUATION. In cases of restitution after property has been sold, and account of sales cannot be obtained, it may be taken at the invoice price, and 10 per cent profit; but this mode of estimating it does not include freight, even though the ship and cargo belong to the same person.
VALUED POLICY. Is where a value has been set upon the ships or goods insured, and this value inserted in the policy in nature of liquidated damages, to save the necessity of proving it, in case of a total loss.