URETAC, a fore-tack-tackle, or preventer fore-tack.
VRILLE, a wimble, or drill, used by ship-wrights, &c. to bore holes.
US & coutumes de la mer, the usages and customs of the sea, which are partly regulated by the laws of Oleron.
USANCE, the agreement, or contract, made between the master, the owner, and freighters of a ship. See also the preceding article.
UTENSILS du canon, a general name for all the instruments used in charging and firing a cannon, as the rammer, the ladle, the linstoc, the spunge, &c.
UVOLFE, a dangerous whirl-pool, or race, known by the name of the Wolf, between two islands on the coast of Norway.
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WATREGANS, pronounced Outregans, a sort of canals or ditches, filled with water, which are usually navigable for boats and small-craft.
WOLFE, or Vulfe, a whirl-pool, or race, on the coast of Norway.