VIRER vent arriere, to veer, or wear.

VIRER vent devant, to tack, or put about head.to.wind.

VIREVAUT, the windlass of a ship or boat.

VIROLE, a little iron ring placed on the small end of a bolt which is driven through any part of a ship's decks or sides; it is used to prevent the fore.lock from cutting the wood.

VIROLET. See MOULINET.

VIRURE, a streak of planks continued from the stem to the stern.post.

VIRURE is also the sheer of any plank in the ship's side.

VISITE de vaisseau, an examination of the cargo of a ship by the officers of the revenue.

VISITEUR, an officer resembling our tide.surveyors of the customs.

VITTES de gouvernail. See FERRURE.

VITTONIERES. See ANGUILLERES.

VIVIER, a fishing.boat, furnished with a well filled with water amid.ships, whereby the fish are kept alive till the vessel arrives in port.

VIVRES, the provisions used for the subsistence of the ship's crew at sea, &c.

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