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

Vergue en boute dehors, the main-boom of a sloop-rigged, or schooner-rigged vessel.

Vergue traversée, the sprit which traverses a boat’s sail diagonally.

VERIN, an instrument nearly similar to a jack-screw, and used occasionally to launch a ship from the stocks.

VEUE, or Vue, etre à vue, avoir la vue, to be in sight of; to make or discover at sea, as the land, or some distant object. See Non-vue.

Veue par vue, & cours par cours, sailing by the bearings, or distances of the land, on the sea-coast.

VIBORD, the quick-work, or that part of a ship’s side which is comprehended between the drift-rails and the waist-rail.

VICE-Amiral, the vice-admiral of France.

VICTUAILLES, the provisions used for the subsistence of the ship’s crew at sea, &c.

VICTUAILLEUR, a contractor, or agent-victualler.

VIF, alive, busy, all in motion; an epithet applied to a wharf, dock, or slip, where the artificers are all at work on the shipping.