U. and V. 



u. 



V A A 



The twentieth letter in the alphabet, and the fifth 

 I vowel. 



Beiides the vowel u, there is a confonant of the fame de- 

 nomination, wrote "v or v. 



V confonant and U vowel ought to be confidered as two 

 letters ; but as they were long confounded while the two 

 ufes were annexed to one form, the old cuitom ftill con- 

 tinues to be followed. 



U, the vowel, has two founds ; one clear, exprefled at 

 other times by eu, as ohtufe ; the other clofe, and ap- 

 proaching to the Italian u, or English oo, as ohtund. 



V, the confonant, has a found nearly approaching to thofe 

 of i and/. With b it is by the Spaniards and Gafcons 

 always confounded, and in the Runic alphabet is exprefled 

 by the fame charafter with/, diftinguifhed only by a diacri- 

 tical point. The found in Englilh is uniform : it is never 

 mute. 



V is alfo a numeral letter, and fignifies^iif ; according to 

 the verfe, 



" V vero quinque dabit tibi, fi refte numerabis." 



When a dafli was added at top, V, it fignified 5000. 



V. R. among the Romans, ftood for uti rogas, as you 

 defire : which was the mark of a vote, or fuffrage for the 

 paffing of a law. 



The following abbreviations fometimes occur ; w'z. V. A. 

 for •veterani ajfignati: V. B. vero bono ; V. B. A. inrl borii 

 arb'itratu ; V. B. F. vir bonit Jidtl ; V. C. inr confularh ; 

 V. C. C. F. -aale, conjux charijftme, felktter ; V. D. D. 

 voto dedicatur ; V. G. verbi gratia; V. L. ■videlicet ; 

 V. N. quinto nonarum. 



V, on the French coins, denotes thofe that were ftruck at 

 Troyes. 



V, in Mufic, befides its numerical import of five, in 

 ancient madrigals impUes quinia pars, a fifth part added to 

 the treble, counter tenor, tenor, and bafe. In inftrumental 

 mufic it Hands for violin, as V V do in the plural for violins. 

 V. S. are the initials of -verto fulito, Lat. ; and •volti fubito, 

 Ital., for turn over quick. 



VAAGEN, East, in Geography, an ifland in the North 

 fea, 20 miles from the coaft of Norway. N. lat. 68° 26'. 



Vaagen, Wejl, an ifland in the North fea, 30 miles from 

 the coaft of Norway. N. lat. 68° 12'. 



VAAGSOE, a fmall ifland in the North fea, near the 

 coaft of Norway. N. lat. 61° 57'. 



VAARSOE, a fmall ifland of Denmark, on the E. 

 coaft of Jutland, at the mouth of the gulf of Horfens. 

 N. lat. 55° 53'. E. long. 10° l'. 



VAAS, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Sarte ; 21 miles S. of Le Mans. 



VAC 



VAAST, St. See St. Vaajl. 



VABAR, in Ancient Geography, a town of Africa, on the 

 coaft of Mauritania Cjefarienfis. Ptolemy. 



Vabar, AJh-oune-man-lar, a promontory of the eaftern 

 part of Mauritania Csefarienfis. Ptolemy. The port 

 Sald/e, mentioned by Strabo, lay S.E. of this promontory. 



VABBA, a town of Africa, in Mauritania Tingitana, 

 formerly fometimes denominated Julia Campeftris. 



UABE, in Geography, See HiLAUI. 



VABELIRAKE, an ifland in the Red fea. N.lat. 25°8'. 



VABRES, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Aveiron, at the union of two fmall rivers, which foon 

 after run into the Tarn. Before the revolution, it was the 

 fee of a bifliop, fuifragan of Alby ; 2 miles S.W. of St. 

 Afrique. — Alfo, a town of France, in the department of 

 the Cantal ; 4 miles E. of St. Flour. 



VACAN, one of the fmall PhiKppine iflands, near the 

 N. coaft of Samar. N. lat. I2° 47'. E. long. 121° 15'. 



VACANCY, in Philofophy. See Vacuum. 



Vacancy, in Laiv, &c. a poft or benefice wanting a 

 regular officer, or incumbent. 



The canonifts hold, that the kind of vacancy is to be ex- 

 prefled in the impetration of a benefice. 



A future vacancy, or voidance of a fpiritual living, fome 

 writers call vacatura. Devolution is a fpccies of canonical 

 vacancy. 



Vacancy of the Throne. See Right of Crown, and 

 Revolution. 



VACANT Effects, Prxdia Vacata, or Vacua, are 

 fuch as are abandoned for want of an heir, after the death 

 or flight of the former owner. 



In our law-books, vagantes territ, for vacantes, exprefies 

 forfaken or uncultivated lands. 



A Romifli benefice is faid to be vacant in curia Romano, 

 when the incumbent dies in Rome, or within twenty leagues 

 of it ; though it be only by accident that he was there. 

 The pope nominates to all benefices vacant in curia Romano, 

 excepting thofe of the neighbouring biflioprics. 



Vacant Cylinder, in Gunnery. See Cylinder. 



VACARIA, Aucaria, or Cauearia, in Ancient Geography, 

 a place of Africa Propria, on the route from Hippone to 

 Carthage, between Vicus Augufti and Tuburbo Minus, ac- 

 cording to the Itinerary of Antonine. 



Vacaria, in Geography, a town of Egypt j 8 miles 

 N.E. of Habafeh. 



VACARICA, a town of Portugal, in the province of 

 Beira ; 18 miles S.E. of Braganca. 



VACAS, a river of Mexico, which rifes in the province 

 of Guatimala, and runs into the Pacific ocean, N. lat. 14° 

 22'. W. long. 92° 48'. 



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