To Volunteer. To engage in any affair of one’s own accord. Officers and soldiers often volunteer their services on the most desperate occasions; sometimes specifically, and sometimes generally. Hence to volunteer for any particular enterprize, or to volunteer for general service. In some instances soldiers volunteer for a limited period, and within certain boundaries.
Volunteers approach nearer to the regular establishment than the militia.
VOUGE, Fr. A sort of hedging bill. It likewise signifies an axe, which the ancient bowmen of France had fixed to their halberts. It is also called a hunter’s staff.
VOUSSOIR or VOUSSURE, Fr. The bending of a vault.
VOUTE, Fr. A vault; an arch.
VOYAGE sur Mer, Fr. A sea voyage. The French call a voyage to the East Indies, Un voyage de long cours.
UP. An adverb frequently used in military phraseology, viz. Up in arms; in a state of insurrection.
To draw UP. To put in regular array, as to draw up a regiment.
VRILLE, Fr. A wimble.
VRILLER, Fr. Among fireworkers, to rise in a spiral manner, as sky-rockets do.