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sense to aim at the taste of design seen in the works of 
Raffaelle rather than in those of his master. 
VOUGA, a small town of Portugal, in the province of 
Beira, on the river Vouga; 37 miles north of Coimbra. 
VOUILLE, a town of France, department of the Vienne; 
8 miles north of Poitiers. 
VOULTE, a town of France, department of the Ardeche, 
on the Rhone; 12 miles south-west of Valence. 
VOUNEUIL, a town of France, department of the 
Vienne; 15 miles north-east of Poitiers. 
VOURLA, a sea-port of Asia Minor, on the site of the 
ancient Clazomenc, which was one of the twelve great cities 
of Ionia; 25 miles west of Smyrna. 
VOUTE, La., a town of France, department of the Ar¬ 
deche, on the Rhone; 18 miles north of Viviers. Popula¬ 
tion 1400. 
VOUTE, La, a town of France, department of the Upper 
Loire ; 9 miles south of Brioude. 
VOUTEZAC, a town of France, department of the Cor- 
reze; 9 miles north-west of Brives. Population 2100. 
VOUTING, a city of China, of the second rank, in Shan¬ 
tung. Lat. 37. 35. N. long. 117. 19. E. 
VOUVRAY, a town of France, on the Loire; 6 miles 
north-east of Tours. Population 2500. 
VOUZIERS, a town of France, department of the Ar¬ 
dennes, situated on the Aisne; 20 miles south-east of Rethel. 
Population 1600. 
VOW, s, [vwu, Fr.; votum, Lat.] Any promise made 
to a divine power; an act or devotion, by which some part 
of life, or some part of possessions is consecrated to a par¬ 
ticular purpose.—If you take that vow and that wish to be 
all one, you are mistaken ; a wish is a far lower degree than 
a vow. Hammond. —A solemn promise, commonly used 
for a promise of love or matrimony. 
By all the vows that ever men have broke. 
In number more than ever woman spoke. Shakspeare. 
To VOW, v. a. [voveo , Lat.] To consecrate by 
a solemn dedication; to give to a divine power.— Vow and 
pay unto the lord. Ps. —To devote: a ceremonial phrase. 
—To Master Harvey, upon some special consideration, I 
have vowed this my labour. Spenser. 
To VOW, v. n. To make vows of solemn promises. 
Dost see how unregarded now 
That piece of beauty passes ? 
There was a time, when I did vow 
To that alone ; but mark the fate of faces. Suckling. 
VOW CHURCH, a parish of England, in Herefordshire; 
111 miles west-by-south of Hereford. 
VO'WED, part. pass. Consecrated by solemn declara¬ 
tion. 
Me in my vow'd 
Picture the sacred wall declares t’ have hung 
My dank and dropping weeds 
To the stern god of sea. Milton. 
VO'WEL, s. [vocalis , Lat.] A letter which can be ut¬ 
tered by itself.—Virgil makes the two vowels meet without 
an elision. Broome. 
VO'WELLED, adj. Furnished with vowels. 
But Italy, reviving from the trance 
Of Vandal, Goth, and monkish ignorance, 
With pauses, cadence, and well vowell'd words, 
And all the graces a good ear affords, 
Made rhyme an art. Dri/den. 
VO'WER, s. One who makes avow.—I think it need¬ 
ful that the vowcr should be well convinced of the greatness 
of his sin, in making such a [rash] vow. Sanderson. 
VOWFE'LLOW, s. One bound by the same vow. 
Who are the votaries. 
That are vowfellows with this virtuous king ? Shakspeare. 
VOWMINE, a hamlet of England, in Herefordshire; 13 
miles south-south-west of Kington. 
VOXA, a river of European Russia, in Finland, which 
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issues from the lake of Saima, and falls into the Lake La¬ 
doga. 
VO'YAGE, s. [from viam agere, Lat. The old Engl, 
word is viage. Huloet’s Diet.]—A travel by sea or land, 
formerly ; now applied only to that by sea. 
Guyon forward gan his voyage make. 
With his black palmer, that him guided still. - Spenser. 
Course; attempt; undertaking. A low phrase .—If he 
should intend his voyage towards my wife, I wou’d turn her 
loose to him; and what he gets more of her than sharp 
words, let it lie on my head. Shakspeare .—The practice 
of travelling.—All nations have interknowledge of one ano¬ 
ther, by voyage into foreign parts, or strangers that come to 
them. Bacon. 
To VO'YAGE, v. n. To travel; now appropriated to 
travelling by sea.—My life hath not been unexpensive in 
learning and voyaging about. Milton. 
To VO'YAGE, v. a. To travel; to pass over. 
I with pain 
Voyag'd the unreal, vast, unbounded deep 
Of horrible confusion. Milton. 
VOYAGER, s. [voyageur , Fr.] One who travels by 
sea. 
Deny your vessels, ye deny in vain ; 
A private voyager I pass the main. Pope. 
UP, adv. [up, Saxon; op, Dutch and Danish.] Aloft; 
on high ; not down.— From those two brethren, admire the 
wonderful changes of worldly things, now up, now down, 
as if the life of man were not of much more certainty than 
a stage play. Knolles. —Out of bed ; in the state of being 
risen from rest.—His chamber being commonly stived with 
suiters, when he was up, he gave his legs, arms, and breast 
to his servants to dress him, his eyes to his letters, and ears 
to petitioners. Wotton .—In the state of being risen from a 
seat.—Upon his first rising, a general whisper ran among 
the country people, that Sir Roger was up. Addison .— 
From a state of decumbiture or concealment.—In a state of 
being built. 
Up with my tent; here will I lie to-night; 
But where to-morrow?—well, all’s one for that. 
Shakspeare. 
Above the horizon.—As soon as the sun is up, set upon 
the city. Judges. —To a state of proficiency.—Till we 
have wrought ourselves up into this degree of Christian indif¬ 
ference, we are in bondage. Atterbury .—In a state of ex¬ 
altation. 
Henfy the Fifth is crown’d; up vanity! 
Down royal state! all you sage councellors hence. 
Shakspeare. 
In a stale of climbing. 
Straight the rumor flew 
Up to the city ; which heard, up they drew 
By daies first breake. Chapman. 
In a state of insurrection. 
Thou hast fir’d me; my soul’s up in arms. 
And mans each part about me. Dryden. 
In a state of being increased or raised.—Grief and passion 
are like floods raised in little brooks by a sudden rain; they 
are quickly up, and if the concernment be pour’d unexpe- - 
tedly in upon us, it overflows us. Dryden .—From a re¬ 
moter place, coming to any person or place.—As a boar was 
whetting his teeth, up comes a fox to him. IdEstrange .'— 
Into order: as he drew up his regiment.—From younger to 
elder years.—I am ready to die from my youth up. Ps.—± 
Up and down. Dispersedly; here and there.—Abundance 
of them are seen scattered up and down like so many little 
islands when the tide is low. Addison .— Up and down. 
Backward and forward. 
The skipping king he rambled up and down. 
With shallow jesters. Shakspeare. * 
Up to. To an equal height with.—Tantalus was 
punished 
