Regler sa VOILURE, to regulate the quantity of sail to be carried, in order to keep company with some other ship or ships.

Toute la VOILURE de l'avant, all the head.sails.

Toute la VOILURE de l'arriere, all the after.sails.

VOIR l'une par l'autre. See OUVRIER & tenir.

VOIR par proue, to see, or discover, ahead of the ship.

Donner la VOIX, to sing out; as in hauling, hoisting, heaving, &c.

VOLÉE, a platoon, or limited number of great guns, fired at once in a sea.fight.

VOLET, a little sea.compass, used in a long.boat or cutter.

VOLONTAIRES, volunteers in a ship of war.

VOLTE, a particular course or route; also

also the movement of bearing away, or hauling the wind, either to change the course, or bring the broadside to bear upon an enemy.

VOUTE, or VOUTIS, the upper counter of a ship, upon which the ecusson is placed.

VOYAGES de long cours, a long voyage, as those to China, or the Indias.

VRILLE, a wimble, or drill used by shipwrights, &c. to bore holes.

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