VOGUE.avant, the rower who holds the handle of an oar and gives the stroke.

VOGUER, to row, or give head.way to a galley or other vessel by rowing.

VOILE, a sail; also a ship discovered at a distance.

Avec les quatre corps des VOILES, under the courses and top.sails.

Faire toutes VOILES blanches, to cruise as a pirate; to make all fish that comes to the net.

Forcer de VOILES, to crowd sail. See FORCER.

Ce vaisseau porte la VOILE comme un rocher, the ship carrier her sail as stiff as a church, or without seeming to heel.

VOILES sur les cargues, sails clewed up, or hauled up in the brails.

VOILES sur le mât, sails laid to the mast, or aback. See COEFFÉ.

Régler les VOILES, to determine the quantity of sail to be carried in each ship, in order to keep company with the rest of the fleet.

Toutes VOILES hors, all sails set; all sails out, or standing.

VOILES au sec, sails loosed, to dry in the sun or wind.

Les VOILES foüettent le mât, the sails beat against the mast, as when first taken aback.

VOILE Angloise, a boat's sail with a diagonal sprit.

VOILE d'eau, a sort of water.sail used by the Dutch.

VOILE defoncée, a sail split or rent asunder in the bunt or middle.

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