An Universal Dictionary of the Marine / Or, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship. Illustrated With Variety of Original Designs of Shipping, in Different Situations; Together With Separate Views of Their Masts, Sails, Yards, and Rigging. to Which Is Annexed, a Translation of the French Sea-terms and Phrases, Collected from the Works of Mess. Du Hamel, Aubin, Saverien, &c.

by William Falconer

VASSOLES, laths or battens placed between the ledges of the gratings.

VEGRES. See Vaigres.

VEILLE la drisse! stand by the haliards! the order to have the top-sail-haliards ready to lower in case of a squall.

Veille l’écoute de hune! stand by the top sail sheets!

Veille les huniers. See Veille la drisse.

VEILLER, to watch, attend, or take care of any thing; as,

Il faut Veiller les mâts, & non le côté, we must look to the masts, and not to the side; expressed of a ship, whose masts being good, will rather overset her, than be carried away. When the anchor is a cockbill, and ready to let go, they say, Ancre est à la Veille; and when the buoy floats over the anchor to shew its place, it is called bouée à la Veille.

VENT, the wind.

Vent alizé, a trade-wind, or monsoon.

Vent arriere, a wind right aft or astern.